Jun 17, 2019
Between June 17-19, the Ohio Valley sat in a warm moist environment with a stationary front draped from northeast to southwest across Indiana and on through Texas. Little wind shear existed above southern Indiana. This provided several days where diurnal heating and shortwave forcing kicked off pulse storms with high rainfall rates. After a few days of this, the ground became more saturated and flooding became easier with each event.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 841371). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Dubois County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.