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Flash Flood — Howard, IN

Jul 5, 2003

Property Damage
$18.0M

Heavy thunderstorms trained across the northern third of the Indianapolis forecast area with parts of Carroll and Howard counties getting as much as 8 to 10 inches of rain in less than 12 hours. One 36 year old female was killed in Burlington as she attempted to clean out a storm drain and was sucked down. Also, a 62 year old female was killed when she attempted to move her vehicle across a flooded roadway road at State Road 218 and County Road 525 West. She was subsequently swept into a ditch

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5372849). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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