Flood — Perry, Indiana

2020-05-16 · near Tell City, Perry, Indiana

Event narrative

Water rose from Windy Creek and caused part of State Road 37 to close.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 895557. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.