Flood in Cass County, Indiana
Flood July 11, 2017 – July 12, 2017 · Cass County, Indiana
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
High water levels continued well after rain had stopped on the 10th, with numerous roads remaining closed due to flowing water. The extensive flooding made it difficult to survey a tornado that occurred in the flooding area. More specific details can be found under the Flash Flood entry for this event. A 6 year old boy was killed after somehow ending up in a swollen Mason Kingery ditch west of Galveston Town Park. He was pulled to along Indiana 18 and trapped by the high water. He was eventually pronounced dead after rescue attempts.
The wider storm
Synoptic quasi-stationary boundary was located across the forecast area, initially across northern parts during the morning and then sagging south as an upper level wave moved into the region during the late afternoon and evening hours. A morning complex of storms caused sporadic wind damage as well as some areal flooding. Subsidence behind the system kept any further development of storms limited until the approach of the wave. This wave, combined with the front and instability advected in from central Illinois all set the stage for increasing thunderstorm development. Several supercells developed, producing long lived wall clouds and two confirmed tornadoes. IN addition, training of convection caused flash flooding in some parts of Indiana and Ohio.
Began near Logansport Muni Arpt (40.6922, -86.3735).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 716134. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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