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Flood — Pike, IN

Dec 21, 2021

Minor flooding occurred along the White River. Low-lying fields and woodlands were flooded, along with a few river access roads. Widespread rain increased the night of the 17th into early on the 18th as a mid level shortwave trough pushed southeastward into the Plains states and interacted with a warm front lifting northward across the Ohio River Valley. A southwesterly 850 mb low level jet ramped up to 40 to 45 knots, and precipitable water values were very high for this time of year. An additi

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 996344). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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