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Flash Flood — Marshall, IN

Sep 9, 2016

Tropical moisture, associated with the remnants of Hurricane Newton, streamed into the southern Great Lakes ahead of a low pressure that developed and moved into central Indiana. Showers and thunderstorms developed across the area with heavy rain reported in many spots. The heaviest rainfall occurred across portions of Marshall and St. Joseph counties where locally five to six inches of rain fell. One fatality occurred as a result of flood waters entering a basement and a resident being electroc

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 659079). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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