1,445 first-hand accounts of flood events in Indiana, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Flooding occurred across central Indiana due to heavy rain. Rain of five to more than eight inches fell on the 18th and 19th in much of southern Indiana near and south of U.S. Highway 50. Many areas of southern Indiana were paralyzed for two or more days as a result.
Read the full account →Flooding occurred across central Indiana due to heavy rain. Rain of five to more than eight inches fell on the 18th and 19th in much of southern Indiana near and south of U.S. Highway 50. Many areas of southern Indiana were paralyzed for two or more days as a result.
Read the full account →Flooding occurred across central Indiana due to heavy rain. Rain of five to more than eight inches fell on the 18th and 19th in much of southern Indiana near and south of U.S. Highway 50. Many areas of southern Indiana were paralyzed for two or more days as a result.
Read the full account →Flooding occurred across central Indiana due to heavy rain. Rain of five to more than eight inches fell on the 18th and 19th in much of southern Indiana near and south of U.S. Highway 50. Many areas of southern Indiana were paralyzed for two or more days as a result.
Read the full account →Flooding occurred across central Indiana due to heavy rain. Rain of five to more than eight inches fell on the 18th and 19th in much of southern Indiana near and south of U.S. Highway 50. Many areas of southern Indiana were paralyzed for two or more days as a result.
Read the full account →Flooding occurred across central Indiana due to heavy rain. Rain of five to more than eight inches fell on the 18th and 19th in much of southern Indiana near and south of U.S. Highway 50. Many areas of southern Indiana were paralyzed for two or more days as a result.
Read the full account →Flooding occurred across central Indiana due to heavy rain. Rain of five to more than eight inches fell on the 18th and 19th in much of southern Indiana near and south of U.S. Highway 50. Many areas of southern Indiana were paralyzed for two or more days as a result.
Read the full account →Numerous thunderstorms formed ahead of a cold front during the late afternoon, then continued into the evening. Some supercells and bowing line segments were embedded within the large area of convection through the evening hours.
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorms producing anywhere from 3 to 6 inches of rain over about a six hour period caused major flooding across all parts of the counties listed above. Most roads were under water for a period of time.
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorms producing anywhere from 3 to 6 inches of rain over about a six hour period caused major flooding across all parts of the counties listed above. Most roads were under water for a period of time.
Read the full account →May 23, warmer temperatures surged into central Kentucky and southern Indiana behind a northward moving warm front. The surge of warm moist air resulted in scattered thunderstorms producing wind damage that occurred for three days from Logan County, Kentucky to southern Indiana…
Read the full account →Hot and extremely humid surface conditions provided very high instability, while a slowly- advancing warm frontal zone promoted ample vertical wind shear, which led to widespread afternoon thunderstorms along and north of the I-74 corridor.
Read the full account →Hot and extremely humid surface conditions provided very high instability, while a slowly- advancing warm frontal zone promoted ample vertical wind shear, which led to widespread afternoon thunderstorms along and north of the I-74 corridor.
Read the full account →During the evening of the 22nd an automobile containing a mother and her 9 year-old son was swept into Grassy Fork Creek in southwestern Grant County. They were not able to escape from the car and drowned.
Read the full account →Pigeon Creek was out of its banks. The creek was over Highway 57 in extreme southern Gibson County. In Posey County, the Black River was out of its banks and flooding some county highways.
Read the full account →A mid level trough over moving over the Ohio Valley brought heavy rainfall and a few strong thunderstorms, one of which produced a weak tornado, to southern Indiana. Anywhere from three to five inches of rain fell over several hours.
Read the full account →Clusters of thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon hours over Missouri. The storms weakened as they moved east into more stable air. The storms still produced sporadic gusty winds and pockets of street flooding in southwest Indiana.
Read the full account →Well above normal rainfall along the Ohio River Valley in January led to rising rivers, with flood stage exceeded slightly at Newburgh Lock and Dam and Mount Vernon by the end of the month, continuing into early February.
Read the full account →Well above normal rainfall along the Ohio River Valley in January led to rising rivers, with flood stage exceeded slightly at Newburgh Lock and Dam and Mount Vernon by the end of the month, continuing into early February.
Read the full account →Widespread rainfall of 3 to 6 inches during severe thunderstorms which produced flash flooding in these counties also ended up causing longer term river flooding.
Read the full account →Widespread rainfall of 3 to 6 inches during severe thunderstorms which produced flash flooding in these counties also ended up causing longer term river flooding.
Read the full account →Widespread rainfall of 3 to 6 inches during severe thunderstorms which produced flash flooding in these counties also ended up causing longer term river flooding.
Read the full account →Widespread rainfall of 3 to 6 inches during severe thunderstorms which produced flash flooding in these counties also ended up causing longer term river flooding.
Read the full account →Widespread rainfall of 3 to 6 inches during severe thunderstorms which produced flash flooding in these counties also ended up causing longer term river flooding.
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