Flood — Monroe, Indiana

2014-04-05 · near Mt Tabor, Monroe, Indiana

Event narrative

WTHI-TV reported that Indiana Conservation Officers said the morning of Saturday the 5th; they were searching for two missing people after their vehicle became submerged in flood waters. Their bodies were found later Saturday afternoon.

Officers were looking for a 24-year-old female and a 5-year-old boy, of Paragon. Both went missing early Saturday morning.

According to DNR officials, a female driver, the deceased female, and the deceased boy were traveling in a car on Moon Road when they became lost Saturday. The three were trying to make their way back to Paragon.

The driver of the car attempted to drive through high water. Officials say the road did not have a high water sign because it is so infrequently traveled.

After the driver entered the water, she tried to reverse, but the car was taken into the water. The two deceased could not swim, so the driver told them to get on top of the car while she swam to get help at a nearby home.

When the driver returned from getting help, the car, along with the two, were gone.

Officers searched the area for hours Saturday. Around 4:20 p.m., the boy's body was found in the flood waters. The female's was found shortly after, around 4:40 p.m. The bodies were found about 100 yards from the vehicle, which had drifted about 100 yards from its original location.

Wider weather episode

The heaviest and most widespread rains of the month occurred at the beginning of April. Storms from the 2nd through the 4th dumped 2 to 6 inches of rain on central and southern Indiana. Central Indiana experienced widespread areal flooding from the 3rd through the 4th. Two deaths were attributed to the river flooding in central Indiana. A mother and son perished late on the 4th after driving into a flooded road along the White River near Gosport. The other death occurred when a Greene County man slipped and fell into Bogard Creek, south of Bloomfield, on the 8th.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 515636. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.