Flood — St. Joseph, Indiana

2016-09-10 · near South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana

Event narrative

Street and some basement flooding reported in South Bend. A 53 year old female was electrocuted by flood waters that had entered her basement. She stepped into water of unknown depth and was electrocuted by a box fan that was plugged in and sitting in the water. First responders could not reach her immediately until the scene was safe. They were able to revive her, but she died a few days later with cause of death being electrocution.

Wider weather episode

Tropical moisture, associated with the remnants of Hurricane Newton, streamed into the southern Great Lakes ahead of a low pressure that developed and moved into central Indiana. Showers and thunderstorms developed across the area with heavy rain reported in many spots. The heaviest rainfall occurred across portions of Marshall and St. Joseph counties where locally five to six inches of rain fell. One fatality occurred as a result of flood waters entering a basement and a resident being electrocuted near South Bend.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 659081. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.