Flash Flood — Washington, Indiana

2025-06-06 · near Salem Muni Arpt, Washington, Indiana

Event narrative

Water was flowing over the roadway near the intersection of North Cox Ferry Road and North Highland Road.

Wider weather episode

An area of showers and thunderstorms moved across the lower Ohio Valley during the afternoon and evening hours on June 6th, 2025. A quasi-stationary front was draped across the region, with precipitable water values around 2 inches along and south of the boundary. As a larger convective complex moved across central Kentucky, a mesoscale convective vortex and an associated area of low pressure developed. On the northern edge of this low pressure system, moisture convergence helped to spark clusters of slow-moving showers and thunderstorms over southern Indiana. The most noteworthy of these clusters set up over Washington County, with heavy showers and storms producing 3 to 6 inches of rain in a few hours. This led to considerable flash flooding in and around Salem.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1270752. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.