Mar 6, 2020
Strong north winds gusting as high as 50 mph produced waves as high as 18 feet along the Lake Michigan shore of northwest Indiana. These high waves combined with high lake levels produced shoreline flooding, erosion and damage. In Lake County, Lakefront Park in Whiting, Indiana was completely inundated. In Porter County, a sea wall that protects homes collapsed in Beverly Shores. Lakefront Drive was closed from Broadway to Dunbar due to large pieces of debris and ice chunks being deposited o
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 882196). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Lake County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.