Flash Flood in Gibson County, Indiana

Flash Flood June 6, 1996 · Gibson County, Indiana

Death

$5K

Damage as recorded

The wider storm

Slow moving thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall on already saturated ground. A 9-year-old boy was killed after being swept into a storm sewer in Oakland City. The boy was playing in the drainage ditch in his front yard and got swept into a flow tube, where he became trapped. The storms caused flooding of low-lying areas, and some roads were closed.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5560267. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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