Flash Flood — Lake, Indiana

2023-09-17 · near Whiting, Lake, Indiana

Event narrative

Heavy rain fell across parts of far northwest Lake County causing significant flooding and flash flooding. In Hammond, numerous streets were flooded with cars stranded in the flood waters. At least 500 houses experienced some amount of flooding including basement flooding. The hardest hit area was roughly 3 square miles bounded by the Illinois/Indiana State line on the west, Detroit Street on the south, White Oak Avenue on the east and 137th Street on the north. Rainfall amounts included 4.79 inches in Hammond; 4.53 inches two miles west of East Chicago and 4.36 inches one mile north of Hammond.

Wider weather episode

Heavy rain caused flash flooding in far northwest Indiana on September 17th. One funnel cloud was also reported.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1131679. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.