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Flash Flood — Tippecanoe, IN

Aug 5, 2008

Thunderstorms during the early morning hours held a marginal threat for isolated damaging wind and hail but largely were slowly transitioning to heavy rain as individual storms and a squall line merged. Storms became less intense and less organized as the atmosphere stabilized. Storms with heavy rain continued to move past the same areas that already received prior rainfall.||This was the only significant rain event in August to affect much of the hydrologic service area (HSA). Rain of 1 to 6 in

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 130317). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Tippecanoe, IN

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