1,445 first-hand accounts of flood events in Indiana, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Flooding occurred over Low Gap Road in Martin County. A 46 year old male drove his van into the flood waters. The vehicle appeared to have hit the strong current causing the vehicle to be swept down stream over 100 yards.
Read the full account →One to two inches of rain fell across the Upper Wabash River basin on March 3rd, causing the Wabash River to rise well into minor flood stage on the 5th and 6th of March.
Read the full account →Slow moving thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall on already saturated ground. A 9-year-old boy was killed after being swept into a storm sewer in Oakland City.
Read the full account →An elderly man drowned after driving into floodwaters while he was on his way to a doctor's appointment. The 85 year old male was pulled from a flooded area near the Lost River. His body was found about 70 feet away from his car in four and a half feet of water.
Read the full account →Synoptic quasi-stationary boundary was located across the forecast area, initially across northern parts during the morning and then sagging south as an upper level wave moved into the region during the late afternoon and evening hours.
Read the full account →After a prolonged period of heavy rain in April (rainfall amounts were 150 to 200 percent above normal) widespread flooding was reported throughout much of Northern and Central Indiana.
Read the full account →Tropical moisture, associated with the remnants of Hurricane Newton, streamed into the southern Great Lakes ahead of a low pressure that developed and moved into central Indiana. Showers and thunderstorms developed across the area with heavy rain reported in many spots.
Read the full account →An 18-year-old Covington man is dead after being swept through the Coal Creek low head dam. According to Indiana Conservation Officers, all area waterways are flooded and dangerous following the recent rain.
Read the full account →The heaviest and most widespread rains of the month occurred at the beginning of April. Storms from the 2nd through the 4th dumped 2 to 6 inches of rain on central and southern Indiana. Central Indiana experienced widespread areal flooding from the 3rd through the 4th.
Read the full account →A strong system moved through the region January 12th, bringing widespread rainfall to northern Indiana, along with a few thunderstorms. Rainfall amounts varied from three quarters of an inch in northwestern Indiana to one and one half to almost three inches along and east of…
Read the full account →The grounds were still rather saturated at the start of the New Year from the December heavy rain episodes when from the 1st to the 5th of January another 2-2.5 inches of rain fell across most locales north of Interstate 70 and as much as 5 inches of rain fell south of…
Read the full account →The White River rose above flood stage, inundating low-lying areas and bottomlands. A section of State Route 257 in Pike County was closed near the river. Motorists still drove through the closed area by going around barricades.
Read the full account →Heavy rain of 2 to 5 inches caused flash flooding along Moores Creek just southeast of Bloomington. A 29 year old woman was killed as her car was swept off a county road adjacent to the creek.
Read the full account →Record flooding occurred along Fall Creek at Millersville. The creek crested at 15.7 feet. The flood stage is 9.0 feet. The flooding was the result of 8 to 10 inches of rain that fell over the Labor Day weekend.
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 →A series of strong thunderstorms brought torrential rain and flooding to portions of far northwestern Indiana during the evening and night of the 18th.
Read the full account →A long lasting and multi faceted storm system moved through central Indiana beginning during the late afternoon hours of June 18th and continued through the evening hours with widespread damaging winds and very large hail before transitioning into a flash flooding event during…
Read the full account →A strong low pressure system generated a line of strong to severe thunderstorms that started in Illinois and moved across central Indiana. Multiple severe storms were embedded within the line and some of these produced tornadoes.
Read the full account →A strong low pressure system generated a line of strong to severe thunderstorms that started in Illinois and moved across central Indiana. Multiple severe storms were embedded within the line and some of these produced tornadoes.
Read the full account →A strong low pressure system generated a line of strong to severe thunderstorms that started in Illinois and moved across central Indiana. Multiple severe storms were embedded within the line and some of these produced tornadoes.
Read the full account →A couple rounds of scattered heavy rains from late on the 28th through the morning of the 29th brought 1 to 2 inches of rainfall, to several areas from Bloomington into parts of Brown County and Lawrence County.
Read the full account →A long lasting and multi faceted storm system moved through central Indiana beginning during the late afternoon hours of June 18th and continued through the evening hours with widespread damaging winds and very large hail before transitioning into a flash flooding event during…
Read the full account →A surface boundary was positioned west to east across the Quad State during the early afternoon with convective activity increasing with daytime heating. Scattered convection primarily occurred south of the boundary mid to late afternoon.
Read the full account →A deep, amplified upper trough encompassing most of North America phased with a broad area of surface low pressure slowly approaching central Indiana from the Mississippi Delta region.
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