Flash Flood, Huntington
- When
- July 18, 8:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Huntington County, Huntington County
- Property damage
- $7.0 million
- Crop damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 40.829, -85.488 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Indiana, July 18, 1996
SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD IN HUNTINGTON, INDIANA PRODUCING DEVASTATING FLASH FLOODING IN THE COMMUNITY. OVERFLOWING SEWERS AND CREEKS PRODUCED SEVERE FLOODING WITH 370 HOMES DAMGED WITH 60 RECEIVING SEVERE FLOOD DAMAGE.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $7.0 million
- Crop damage
- $100,000
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS IWX wrote it up.
SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD IN HUNTINGTON, INDIANA PRODUCING DEVASTATING FLASH FLOODING IN THE COMMUNITY. OVERFLOWING SEWERS AND CREEKS PRODUCED SEVERE FLOODING WITH 370 HOMES DAMGED WITH 60 RECEIVING SEVERE FLOOD DAMAGE. THE FLOODING, ALSO, CAUSED SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE MAJESTIC PRODUCTS COMPANY. DAMAGE IN THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON ALONE WAS ESTIMATED AT 6 MILLION DOLLARS.ELSEWHERE IN HUNTINGTON COUNTY A TOTAL OF 2200 ACRES OF CROP LAND WAS INUNDATED BY FLOOD WATERS. IN THE TOWNS OF ANDREWS AND ROANOKEAPPROXIMATELY 35 HOMES WERE DAMAGED. THE FLOODING ACROSS HUNTINGTON COUNTY WAS DESCRIBED AS THE WORST SINCE 1913.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 18, 1996
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 18, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Michigan, July 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, July 18, 1996
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 18, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 18, 1996
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 18, 1996
- Heat in Missouri, July 18 to 20, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, July 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, July 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 18 to 19, 1996
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 18, 1996
More
Every storm in Indiana in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, July 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5557678.