1,445 first-hand accounts of flood events in Indiana, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A low pressure system moved into the forecast area bringing plentiful moisture and produced thunderstorms and waves of moderate to heavy rain to central Indiana around February 7th. The storms produced a tornado in a strong shear and low instability environment.
Read the full account →8 to 10 inches of rain fell across central Indiana during the Labor Day weekend causing major flooding along parts of the White River. In fact, Indianapolis received the most rain ever for a calendar day (7.2 inches) breaking the old record set in 1895 (6.8 inches).
Read the full account →A complex of storms moved over portions of Madison and Delaware county causing widespread flooding and pockets of flash flooding. The rain fell over the course of several hours with amounts of over 6 inches in spots.
Read the full account →Several places saw damaging winds topple trees into roads, cars, and a house. The storms started to develop over White and Benton counties with a general motion to the south east. By the time the storms reached Tippecanoe county they had strengthened enough to become severe.
Read the full account →Record rainfall event occurred across central Indiana starting in the evening of August 31 and continuing through the morning of September 2. The heaviest rain occurred along an axis from Vigo to Clay to Putnam to Hendricks to Marion to Hamilton to Madison, Delaware and…
Read the full account →Record rainfall event occurred across central Indiana starting in the evening of August 31 and continuing through the morning of September 2. The heaviest rain occurred along an axis from Vigo to Clay to Putnam to Hendricks to Marion to Hamilton to Madison, Delaware and…
Read the full account →Widespread rainfall amounts around 10 inches in the middle Ohio Valley, from around Louisville to Cincinnati, occurred over a one to three day period. This resulted in a massive flood crest that took a few weeks to travel down the Ohio River.
Read the full account →Record rainfall event occurred across central Indiana starting in the evening of August 31 and continuing through the morning of September 2. The heaviest rain occurred along an axis from Vigo to Clay to Putnam to Hendricks to Marion to Hamilton to Madison, Delaware and…
Read the full account →During the late evening hours of July 31st, a nearly stationary storm formed over portions of Martin and Daviess county. Over the course of 3 hours, 6 to 8 inches of rain fell across areas that had received 4 to 6 inches the day before.
Read the full account →The last widespread rains of the month were the result of a developing low pressure area that moved through the state on the 26th and early on the 27th. Numerous flooding problems developed quickly across mainly northern sections of central Indiana.
Read the full account →The remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon interacted with a surface front to produce widespread heavy rain across much of central Indiana. The moisture content of the atmosphere was very high.
Read the full account →An unseasonably warm and moist air mass was in place across the region during the morning hours of March 1st. Showers and thunderstorms developed across the Ohio Valley during the early morning hours as a strong low pressure system lifted northeast into the Great Lakes region.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall in March set the stage for major flooding when near-record rains fell in April and May. At Evansville, April was the second wettest April on record with 11.77 inches.
Read the full account →On August 10th, an intense derecho brought severe to extreme winds to much of the Midwest with winds estimated as high as 130 to 140 mph in Iowa.
Read the full account →An unseasonable moist atmosphere and slow moving cold front set the stage for the training of rain and thunderstorms across much of northern Indiana.
Read the full account →Rapid snow melt and heavy rain on the 21st and 22nd from 2 to 5 inches caused widespread flooding all along the Wabash River from Lafayette to East Mount Carmel. Flooding was the highest since April 1994 as crests were generally around 10 feet above flood stage.
Read the full account →Heavy rain of up to 5 inches on the 21st and 22nd combined with rapid snow melt upstream causing widespread flooding along the White River from Muncie to East Mount Carmel.
Read the full account →8 to 10 inches of rain fell across central Indiana during the Labor Day weekend causing major flooding along parts of the White River. In fact, Indianapolis received the most rain ever for a calendar day (7.2 inches) breaking the old record set in 1895 (6.8 inches).
Read the full account →8 to 10 inches of rain fell across central Indiana during the Labor Day weekend causing major flooding along parts of the White River. In fact, Indianapolis received the most rain ever for a calendar day (7.2 inches) breaking the old record set in 1895 (6.8 inches).
Read the full account →Numerous thunderstorm complexes marched across the northern half of the Indianapolis CWA starting on the evening of July 4th. The storms gradually started effecting southern areas of the CWA as well. The onlslaught of periodic heavy rain didn't end until the 11th.
Read the full account →A squall line developed ahead of a cold front as it crossed the Mississippi River. The cold front extended southward from the triple-point of an occluded low pressure system.
Read the full account →Central Indiana saw severe weather and flooding June 15th through the 17th. A warm front brought severe storms, tornadoes, and heavy rain on June 15th. The stalled front and upper waves brought more heavy rain and some severe storms on June 16th and 17th.
Read the full account →During the morning hours of July 8th, thunderstorms remained nearly stationary across portions of central Indiana with a period of extremely heavy rain across much of Greene county and portions of Sullivan and Vigo counties.
Read the full account →A couple bands of showers and thunderstorms developed across the northwest half of central Indiana during the late afternoon and evening of July 10th. Some locations saw multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms leading to flash flooding.
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