1,445 first-hand accounts of flood events in Indiana, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Slow moving thunderstorms developed across central portions of Indiana during the afternoon and evening hours of August 26th. One particular band developed from southwest to northeast over the Indianapolis metropolitan area.
Read the full account →Slow moving thunderstorms developed across central portions of Indiana during the afternoon and evening hours of August 26th. One particular band developed from southwest to northeast over the Indianapolis metropolitan area.
Read the full account →In Gibson County, a van was swept off a road between Fort Branch and Haubstadt. Numerous roads in Gibson County were reportedly covered by water. In Pike County, flash flooding washed out two bridges and several culverts. Several mudslides occurred along roads.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms moved across all of central Indiana during the day of May 12 and continuing into the evening. These thunderstorms produced very heavy rain, with many areas seeing more than one round of thunderstorms. The result was extensive flash flooding.
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.
Read the full account →Major flooding of the Patoka River occurred. Many roads were closed in the vicinity of the river, including State Route 64 between Oakland City and the Arthur area. In Gibson County, a levee was breached near Lyle Station, prompting some evacuations.
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 →Several systems moved across the area, bringing with them not only some severe weather in spots, but areas of flooding as well. Rainfall amounts through this period averaged between two and four inches in many locations with some areas seeing upwards of six inches.
Read the full account →Around 3 inches of rain fell during the evening. State Route 56 was one of several roads that was flooded. Total damage from flash flooding and flooding of the Patoka and White Rivers was considerable.
Read the full account →During the morning and afternoon of the 21st, a large thunderstorm complex moved from the upper Mississippi Valley southeast into the southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois area, producing severe weather and flooding.
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 →A strong low pressure system moved across central Indiana, bringing warm and humid air up with it. Thunderstorms developed with the low and along/ahead of its associated cold front during the late morning through the afternoon of November 18th. A weak tornado was also noted.
Read the full account →Many roads were covered with water, including one that was completely washed out. Several inches of rain fell in a short time. This flash flood event combined with an event in late April resulted in substantial economic loss.
Read the full account →A series of convective episodes along a stationary boundary brought repeated heavy rains to southern Indiana from late evening on the 2nd of April through the morning hours on April 4th.
Read the full account →Widespread flooding continued from April into May across southwest Indiana. Following excessive rain in April, a final dose of heavy rain came between April 30 and May 2.
Read the full account →Widespread flooding continued from April into May across southwest Indiana. Following excessive rain in April, a final dose of heavy rain came between April 30 and May 2.
Read the full account →Widespread flooding continued from April into May across southwest Indiana. Following excessive rain in April, a final dose of heavy rain came between April 30 and May 2.
Read the full account →Widespread flooding continued from April into May across southwest Indiana. Following excessive rain in April, a final dose of heavy rain came between April 30 and May 2.
Read the full account →Widespread flooding continued from April into May across southwest Indiana. Following excessive rain in April, a final dose of heavy rain came between April 30 and May 2.
Read the full account →Widespread flooding continued from April into May across southwest Indiana. Following excessive rain in April, a final dose of heavy rain came between April 30 and May 2.
Read the full account →The White River began its upward trek in mid-April, cresting above major flooding levels late in the month. Another slightly higher crest occurred in early May. The April-May 2011 flood began to form in early April.
Read the full account →Rainfall totals in July reached historic levels again, only this time in central and southern Indiana. For the state, July 2015 was the 7th wettest July of record and the wettest since the record wet July of 1992.
Read the full account →Rainfall totals in July reached historic levels again, only this time in central and southern Indiana. For the state, July 2015 was the 7th wettest July of record and the wettest since the record wet July of 1992.
Read the full account →Widespread river flooding occurred as a result of several heavy rain events in June. The remnants of Tropical Storm Bill on the 19th were responsible for widespread heavy rain that drove the smaller rivers above flood stage.
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