Flash Flood, Ripley
- When
- June 8, 5:00 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Ripley County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 39.104, -85.262 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Indiana, June 8, 1996
Persistent heavy rainfall caused flooding of roadways and creeks. Parts of US 421, SR62, and US50 were closed due to high water.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- 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 ILN wrote it up.
Persistent heavy rainfall caused flooding of roadways and creeks. Parts of US 421, SR62, and US50 were closed due to high water. Preble creek in Milan was out of it's banks and flooding along the Laughery creek caused evacuations of campgrounds.
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:57 UTC.
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
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 8 to 9, 1996
- Heat in Delaware, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Massachusetts, June 8, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, June 8, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, June 8 to 9, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 8, 1996
- Hail in Mississippi, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, June 8, 1996
More
Every storm in Indiana in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, June 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5567517.