Flood, Boone
- When
- February 27, 9:00 PM EST to February 28, 4:30 AM EST
- Where
- Boone County, Lebanon
- Coordinates
- 40.051, -86.469 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Indiana, February 27 to 28, 1997
A strong weather system moving across the Ohio Valley produced widespread heavy rains across the north halh of Indiana for the second time of this month. This resulted in ponding water on area roads and some smaller creeks to exceed bankful.
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 IND wrote it up.
A strong weather system moving across the Ohio Valley produced widespread heavy rains across the north halh of Indiana for the second time of this month. This resulted in ponding water on area roads and some smaller creeks to exceed bankful. No major problems were reported.
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
- Dense Fog in New York, February 27, 1997
- High Wind in New York, February 27, 1997
- High Wind in Ohio, February 27, 1997
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 27, 1997
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, February 27, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, February 27, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, February 27, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, February 27, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, February 27 to 28, 1997
- High Wind in Michigan, February 27, 1997
- Flooding in Indiana, February 27 to 28, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, February 27 to 28, 1997
More
Every storm in Indiana in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, February 1997
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: 5585929.