Flash Flood, Porter
- When
- May 9, 3:00 PM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Porter County, Northern
- Coordinates
- 41.509, -87.073 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Indiana, May 9, 1996
Flash flooding occurred during the afternoon and evening of May 9th over parts of Northwest and North Central Indiana. Traffic was temporarily halted on Interstate 94 from flooding.
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
- None recorded
- 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 LOT wrote it up.
Flash flooding occurred during the afternoon and evening of May 9th over parts of Northwest and North Central Indiana. Traffic was temporarily halted on Interstate 94 from flooding. Extensive street flooding occurred in Michigan City, Indiana. One inch of rain fell in a 30 minute period in Goshen, Indiana. Total rainfall from the storm averaged between 3 and 6 inches over the 24 hour period ending 7am May 10th. The cooperative observing site at Indiana Dunes reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 5.71 inches. There was street flood in Elkhart and South Bend as well.
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:59 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
- Tornado in Kansas, May 9, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Illinois, May 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in Michigan, May 9 to 10, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, May 9, 1996
- Tornado in Iowa, May 9, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, May 9, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, May 9, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in Iowa, May 9, 1996
- Tornado in Kansas, May 9, 1996
- Flooding in Iowa, May 9 to 13, 1996
- Flooding in Tennessee, May 9 to 23, 1996
More
Every storm in Indiana in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, May 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: 5545132.