1,445 first-hand accounts of flood events in Indiana, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A series of heavy rainfall events in April, followed by another heavy rainfall event in early May, kept the Wabash, White, and Patoka Rivers above flood stage for most of the month. Some of the river flooding was major.
Read the full account →Minor to moderate flooding occurred along the Lower Wabash River and its tributaries. A heavy rainfall event on March 3 was followed by a winter storm on March 4 into early March 5. Two more heavy rainfall events occurred in quick succession.
Read the full account →Two fronts pushed across the region between the 22nd and 27th at the same time a longwave trough set up over the central Plains. Widespread showers and thunderstorms brought periods of rain.
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 →All of the snow cover from the historic pre-Christmas 2004 snow storm melted by New Year's Day 2005 as the dew point temperatures rose into the 50s. Lowland flooding occurred along the East Fork White River in Jackson County.
Read the full account →A particularly wet and stormy pattern began on the 7th and continued through the 20th. Rains returned with a vengeance to portions of central Indiana during the afternoon of the 7th.
Read the full account →A series of heavy rainfall events in April, followed by another heavy rainfall event in early May, kept the Wabash, White, and Patoka Rivers above flood stage for most of the month. Some of the river flooding was major.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure moved along a front across southern parts of central Indiana during the late afternoon and evening of April 25th. The system brought two tornadoes, damaging winds, and heavy rain which caused flooding.
Read the full account →Major flooding of the White River occurred, prompting local emergency declarations in Gibson and Pike Counties. Floodfighting activities included the National Guard, which reinforced levees.
Read the full account →Widespread flooding struck central Indiana in February. Some of the same areas heavily flooded during January were once again flooded to near record levels. February flooding was more widespread and persisted longer than flooding during January.
Read the full account →Very localized flash flooding and isolated minor wind damage occurred across southwest Indiana. A surface low pressure center tracked rapidly north-northeast from Arkansas to the upper Mississippi Valley, dragging a warm front north across southwest Indiana.
Read the full account →A line of showers and thunderstorms dropped south across central Indiana during the afternoon and early evening of June the 13th as a cold front pushed south through the area. A few storms within the line produced some damaging straight line winds.
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 →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 →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 →A series of heavy rainfall events in April, followed by another heavy rainfall event in early May, kept the Wabash, White, and Patoka Rivers above flood stage for most of the month. Some of the river flooding was major.
Read the full account →A series of heavy rainfall events in April, followed by another heavy rainfall event in early May, kept the Wabash, White, and Patoka Rivers above flood stage for most of the month. Some of the river flooding was major.
Read the full account →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 →All of the snow cover from the historic pre-Christmas 2004 snow storm melted by New Year's Day 2005 as the dew point temperatures rose into the 50s. Lowland flooding occurred along the East Fork White River in Jackson County.
Read the full account →All of the snow cover from the historic pre-Christmas 2004 snow storm melted by New Year's Day 2005 as the dew point temperatures rose into the 50s. Lowland flooding occurred along the East Fork White River in Jackson County.
Read the full account →Record flooding of the Lower Wabash River occurred, prompting local emergency declarations in Posey and Gibson Counties. Floodfighting activities included the construction of temporary sandbag levees. A number of lowland residents were evacuated.
Read the full account →Heavy rain fell across the Ohio valley on the 1st and 2nd with some areas upstream over Southern Ohio and Northern Kentucky receiving up to 12 inches.
Read the full account →A stationary boundary lingered over southern portions of central Indiana from late on the 11th to late on the 12th of June. This was the focus for a series of shower and thunderstorm complexes that produced copious amounts of rain over portions of Knox County, leading to flash…
Read the full account →Massive and historic flash flooding struck central Indiana. The Great Flood of June 2008 was one of Indiana's costliest natural disasters. Major roads and interstates flooded. Heavy rainfall on May 30th allowed streams and rivers to rise.
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