1,445 first-hand accounts of flood events in Indiana, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Precipitation moved through central Indiana just after the Wabash River fell below flood stage in early February, bringing the river back above flood stage. Much of the river remained above flood stage into March. Crests were as high as 9 feet above flood stage.
Read the full account →Precipitation moved through central Indiana just after the Wabash River fell below flood stage in early February, bringing the river back above flood stage. Much of the river remained above flood stage into March. Crests were as high as 9 feet above flood stage.
Read the full account →Precipitation moved through central Indiana just after the Wabash River fell below flood stage in early February, bringing the river back above flood stage. Much of the river remained above flood stage into March. Crests were as high as 9 feet above flood stage.
Read the full account →Precipitation moved through central Indiana just after the Wabash River fell below flood stage in early February, bringing the river back above flood stage. Much of the river remained above flood stage into March. Crests were as high as 9 feet above flood stage.
Read the full account →During the first week of the month, two storm systems moved out of the southern Plains. Scattered showers and thunderstorms brought around an inch of rain on average, while a few locations received up to 2.5 inches.
Read the full account →During the first week of the month, two storm systems moved out of the southern Plains. Scattered showers and thunderstorms brought around an inch of rain on average, while a few locations received up to 2.5 inches.
Read the full account →Strong northeast winds gusting as high as 50 mph produced waves as high as 18 feet along the Lake Michigan shore of northwest Indiana. These high waves combined with high lake levels produced shoreline flooding, erosion and damage.
Read the full account →Strong northeast winds gusting as high as 50 mph produced waves as high as 18 feet along the Lake Michigan shore of northwest Indiana. These high waves combined with high lake levels produced shoreline flooding, erosion and damage.
Read the full account →On March 19th and 20th, two cold fronts had an affect on the region. The front on the 19th caused heavy rain to drop into southern Indiana. The front on the 20th was a long front that stretched from the Great Lakes straight to the middle of Texas.
Read the full account →A line of thunderstorms developed along a warm front moving northeast through central Indiana during the early morning hours of June the 20th. The initial severe impacts came in the form of large hail, but transitioned to a wind damage threat as the morning wore on.
Read the full account →A line of thunderstorms developed along a warm front moving northeast through central Indiana during the early morning hours of June the 20th. The initial severe impacts came in the form of large hail, but transitioned to a wind damage threat as the morning wore on.
Read the full account →Between June 17-19, the Ohio Valley sat in a warm moist environment with a stationary front draped from northeast to southwest across Indiana and on through Texas. Little wind shear existed above southern Indiana.
Read the full account →Between June 17-19, the Ohio Valley sat in a warm moist environment with a stationary front draped from northeast to southwest across Indiana and on through Texas. Little wind shear existed above southern Indiana.
Read the full account →Between June 17-19, the Ohio Valley sat in a warm moist environment with a stationary front draped from northeast to southwest across Indiana and on through Texas. Little wind shear existed above southern Indiana.
Read the full account →Between June 17-19, the Ohio Valley sat in a warm moist environment with a stationary front draped from northeast to southwest across Indiana and on through Texas. Little wind shear existed above southern Indiana.
Read the full account →Between June 17-19, the Ohio Valley sat in a warm moist environment with a stationary front draped from northeast to southwest across Indiana and on through Texas. Little wind shear existed above southern Indiana.
Read the full account →Several rounds of heavy rain over much of the Wabash River Valley caused many rivers to rise above flood stage. May continued the active pattern begun in April. Several of these events produced very heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →Several rounds of heavy rain over much of the Wabash River Valley caused many rivers to rise above flood stage. May continued the active pattern begun in April. Several of these events produced very heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →Locally heavy rainfall occurred within a broken line of showers and storms. This activity occurred within a rather strong southwest wind flow in the warm sector of a low pressure center over far northwest Illinois.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms affected the southern half of the state of Indiana during the afternoon and evening of July 3rd. Storm motions were slow as convection pushed east to southeast during this timeframe.
Read the full account →A series of lines of showers and thunderstorms developed across central Illinois and moved southeast into central Indiana during much of the day into the evening on June 10th. The first line produced some damaging wind and small hail in the northeast.
Read the full account →The Ohio River rose above flood stage in response to heavy rains from Illinois to Ohio at the end of December and into the first days of January. The river flooding was moderate, consisting of extensive bottomland flooding of fields and woodlands.
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 →Heavy rain fell across northwest Indiana on May 8th into the morning of May 9th producing localized flooding. Rainfall amounts included 2.58 inches one mile southwest of De Motte; 2.43 inches two miles northwest of Valparaiso; 2.11 inches four miles northeast of Hebron and 2.10…
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