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Flood — Tippecanoe, IN

Feb 22, 2014

After a cold, snowy first half of the month, a major thaw occurred from the 18th through the 22nd and melted most of the snow cover in central and southern Indiana. The combination of frozen ground, rapid snowmelt and one quarter to three quarters inches of rain on the 20th caused widespread lowland flooding in central and southern Indiana. Flooding this February had an unusual feature typically not seen in Indiana; ice jams. Serious ice jam flooding developed along Wildcat Creek in the Lafayett

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 504386). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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