Heavy Rain in Benton County, Indiana

Heavy Rain April 27, 2026 · Benton County, Indiana

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What the National Weather Service wrote

A personal weather station recorded 2.4 inches of storm total rainfall east of Oxford through 7:15 PM EST, 2.36 of which fell between 6:00 and 7:15 PM.

The wider storm

A line of showers and embedded thunderstorms moved across northwest Indiana during the late morning and early afternoon of April 27th. On the back side of this precipitation, a wake low developed, producing wind gusts between as high as 60 mph, which blew down trees, tree limbs and power lines. Scattered thunderstorms moved across west central Indiana during the evening of April 27th producing isolated wind damage.

Began near Templeton (40.5200, -87.2100).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1334329. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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