Flood in Wells, Indiana

Flood July 5, 2003 – July 14, 2003 · Wells, Indiana

Death

$4.5M

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Wabash river in Bluffton reached the second highest crest on record at 18.3 feet. Flood stage is 10 feet. Emergency management reported an estimated damage amount for homes and business as well as damage to infrastructure.

The wider storm

Flash flooding and record river flooding occurred over the southern sections of the Northern Indiana County Warning Area starting July 4th and 5th with river flooding abating by July 14th. Areas from southwest of Fort Wayne, IN to Fort Wayne, Van Wert, OH and Lima, OH received an average of 8 inches of rain during the event, with the St. Marys river basin receiving nearly 15 inches of rain. The majority of the rain fell from July 4th to the 8th as weak upper level impulses moved along a stalled boundary just south of Fort Wayne.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5373993. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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