Flood, Vanderburgh
- When
- June 9, 5:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Vanderburgh County, 3 mi N of Evansville
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 38.025, -87.586 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Indiana, June 9, 1996
Nearly 2 inches of rain fell in less than an hour in the Evansville vicinity. This caused flooding of roads, small streams, and basements.
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.
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- 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
- $50,000
- 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 PAH wrote it up.
Nearly 2 inches of rain fell in less than an hour in the Evansville vicinity. This caused flooding of roads, small streams, and basements. A few county roads were washed out in spots. Many roads and streets, including parts of the Lloyd Expressway, had to be closed at times. High water caused two of the three runways at Evansville Regional Airport to be closed. At least one family was displaced from its home by rising floodwaters. High water threatened a mobile home park, but no evacuations were necessary.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Virginia, June 9, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 9, 1996
- Tornado in Tennessee, June 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, June 9, 1996
- Tornado in Indiana, June 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, June 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 9, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in Michigan, June 9 to 10, 1996
- Tornado in Virginia, June 9, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New York, June 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 9, 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: 5560262.