Flash Flood in Wabash County, Indiana

Flash Flood July 22, 1998 · Wabash County, Indiana

$6.0M

Damage as recorded

$2.0M

Crop damage

What the National Weather Service wrote

6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF WABASH COUNTY SENDING THE NORMALLY DOCILE CHARLEY CREEK INTO A RAGING ONE-HALF MILE WIDE TORRENT THROUGH TOWN. MANY PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT STRANDED BY THE FLOOD WATERS WERE EVACUATED TO HIGHER GROUND. TWO BRIDGES AND 15 COUNTY ROADS WERE COMPLETELY WASHED OUT. MANY HOMES ALONG THE EEL AND SALAMONIE RIVERS WERE EVACUATED AS WELL AS THOSE RIVERS APPROACHED RECORD FLOOD LEVELS. DAMAGE ESTIMATES WERE IN THE MILLIONS DUE TO COUNTLESS FLOODED HOMES... BASEMENTS AND VEHICLES.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5655140. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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