Flood — Parke, Indiana

2023-08-25 to 2023-08-26 · near Mecca, Parke, Indiana

$10K

Property damage

Event narrative

Thunderstorms produced 4.00 to 5.00 inches of heavy rain in less than 3 hours over a small portion of Parke County in Mecca and south-southeast towards Rosedale. Water came into the basement of a home, which had not happened before.

Wider weather episode

Two rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms moved through portions of central Indiana initially during the evening hours with a second round during the early overnight. The initial round brought isolated wind damage to areas around Knox county. Later into the overnight a second round of storms drifted southeast across the Indianapolis area causing additional damage. At times these thunderstorms moved very slow which caused pockets of flooding with rain amounts in excess of 4 inches in spots.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1115306. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.