Flood in Newton County, Indiana

Flood February 5, 2008 – February 9, 2008 · Newton County, Indiana

Deaths

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

After heavy rain and flash flooding on February 4th and 5th, flood waters slowly subsided by February 9th due to saturated and frozen ground and already high river levels. On February 7th, a car was removed from the bottom of a flooded stone quarry. There were three occupants in the car, all three had died.

The wider storm

Heavy rain fell onto saturated and frozen ground across northwest Indiana which produced flash flooding on February 4th and 5th. Flooding then continued for several days.

Began near Effner (40.7387, -87.5248).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 87107. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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