Flood in Grant, Indiana
Flood January 22, 1999 · Grant, Indiana
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During the evening of the 22nd an automobile containing a mother and her 9 year-old son was swept into Grassy Fork Creek in southwestern Grant County. They were not able to escape from the car and drowned. On the 22nd ice on the Tippecanoe River took skirting from mobile homes in low-lying areas. On the 23rd a man (age unknown) was missing and presumed dead possibly as a result of flooding in Adams County. On the morning of the 24th, an ice jam which swept up a boat, jet ski, and several trees, formed at a bridge on the Tippecanoe River. Basements were flooded in Warren Indiana as a result of flooding on the Salamonie River.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5681298. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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