Flood — Perry, Indiana

2020-05-16 · near Perry Co Arpt, Perry, Indiana

Event narrative

A vehicle was stuck in high water on State Road 145, but it was able to get out on its own.

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 895580. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.