Feb 12, 2009
Despite significant snowfall during the first week of month, followed by warm temperatures that melted all the snow cover, flooding was not a problem until the 11th. Rain of 1/2 to 3 1/2 inches fell in east central Illinois and much of Indiana on this day. The rain caused the most extensive flooding seen since June 2008. Because snow cover had previously melted and ground previously greatly thawed, significant flooding only occurred in portions of west central Indiana. Significant flooding last
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 156687). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Hamilton County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.