Flash Flood in Jennings County, Indiana
Flash Flood May 8, 2024 · Jennings County, Indiana
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Prolonged thunderstorm downpour flooded farmland across lowlands along Muscatatuck River and brought river near bank full. Most notable was water ten inches deep on roads alongside higher terrain.
The wider storm
Warm and humid conditions, including unseasonable dewpoints as high as 71 degrees at the Vincennes airport, were present across central Indiana ahead of an approaching cold front. Very heavy rain from an isolated, early evening thunderstorm drifting over portions of Jennings County eventually caused localized flash flooding west of Lovett. Later in the evening a broad area of convection arriving from Illinois included a decaying bowing segment that produced wind damage in Knox County. Soon after a rogue updraft in Hendricks County produced much small hail and a few marginally large hailstones.
Began near Hayden (38.9283, -85.7319).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1166599. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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