Flash Flood — Bartholomew, Indiana

2025-04-04 to 2025-04-05 · near Taylorsville, Bartholomew, Indiana

Event narrative

Numerous roads closed across the county due to flash flooding. 2 dams went into elevated risk for failure. Total rainfall was between 1.7 and 2.5 inches.

Wider weather episode

The final round of rain in a stretch of 4 days brought rain amounts of 2-4.5 inches of rain to central Indiana in addition to the 3-5 inches that had fallen. This led to additional widespread flash flooding and exacerbated ongoing creek and river flooding to a point that many main stem rivers ended up reaching major flood stage.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1241688. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.