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Flood — Gibson, IN

Jan 19, 2012

After a dry start to January, significant rainfall brought minor river flooding to the White and Wabash Rivers. Three rain events during the last half of January were responsible for the flooding. Both river basins received a total of 2 to 6 inches of rainfall from late on the 16th through early on the 27th. Unseasonably mild air contributed to a round of thunderstorms on the 17th and again on the 22nd and 23rd. Each round of storms produced one-half to 1.5 inches of rain, with locally higher am

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 357081). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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