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Flood — Knox, IN

Jan 21, 1999

Heavy rain of up to 5 inches on the 21st and 22nd combined with rapid snow melt upstream causing widespread flooding along the White River from Muncie to East Mount Carmel. Crests ranged from around a foot above flood stage along extreme eastern sections of the White to around 10 feet above flood stage across extreme western sections. Flooding along the river in Hamilton and northern Marion counties were the highest seen since December 1990 and January 1991. Many homes and streets were flooded,

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5678718). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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