Jun 1, 2018
Multiple rounds of thunderstorms impacted southwest Indiana on the last day of May. The first round of storms moved through southwest Indiana during the late morning and early afternoon hours. Scattered thunderstorm development then began by mid to late afternoon, with coverage increasing further into the evening hours. A subtle shortwave trough across the mid Mississippi Valley and lower Missouri Valley provided large-scale ascent for the nighttime round of storms, which caused some flooding e
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 759194). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Spencer County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.