Flood in Perry County, Indiana

Flood May 16, 2020 · Perry County, Indiana

$20K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Starlight Road, near Tell City, was down to one lane due to a partial culvert washout.

The wider storm

Southern Indiana sat to the east of a stacked low that was positioned over eastern Kansas and northwestern Missouri. A warm front stretched east form this low pressure system to the Mid-Atlantic. As this front moved northward through Indiana to usher in warmer temperatures and saturated air, it brought heavy rains and thunderstorms to Perry County, Indiana which resulted in areal flooding and isolated wind damage.

Began near Tell City (37.9700, -86.7200).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 895556. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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