Flood, Carroll
- When
- February 27, 3:00 AM EST to February 28, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Carroll forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.583, -86.563 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Indiana, February 27 to 28, 1997
Heavy rains of two to three inches on the 26th and 27th, combined with saturated soils and existing high water levels to produce widespread river flooding across the north third of Indiana again. The Wabash, Eel, Tippecanoe, and White Rivers of north and central Indiana exceeded flood stage by anywhere from 2 to 8 feet affecting agricultural bottom land and many river roads.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 23 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
- 23
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.
Heavy rains of two to three inches on the 26th and 27th, combined with saturated soils and existing high water levels to produce widespread river flooding across the north third of Indiana again. The Wabash, Eel, Tippecanoe, and White Rivers of north and central Indiana exceeded flood stage by anywhere from 2 to 8 feet affecting agricultural bottom land and many river roads. Some evacuations were necessary along parts of these major rivers and some of their smaller tributaries. For some streams, these were the highest water levels in four years. Smaller streams fell below flood stage by March 1st while the larger rivers remained in flood for 5 to 10 days or well into March.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
23 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Cass
- When
- February 27, 3:00 AM EST to February 28, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Cass forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.762, -86.346 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Miami
- When
- February 27, 3:00 AM EST to February 28, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Miami forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.770, -86.045 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Warren
- When
- February 27, 3:00 AM EST to February 28, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Warren forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.347, -87.353 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Tippecanoe
- When
- February 27, 3:00 AM EST to February 28, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Tippecanoe forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.389, -86.894 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Fountain
- When
- February 27, 3:00 AM EST to February 28, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Fountain forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.121, -87.242 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Vermillion
- When
- February 27, 3:00 AM EST to February 28, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Vermillion forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.854, -87.464 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Parke
- When
- February 27, 3:00 AM EST to February 28, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Parke forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.774, -87.206 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Montgomery
- When
- February 27, 3:00 AM EST to February 28, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Montgomery forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.040, -86.893 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Boone
- When
- February 27, 3:00 AM EST to February 28, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Boone forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.051, -86.469 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Tipton
- When
- February 27, 3:00 AM EST to February 28, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Tipton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.311, -86.052 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Madison
- When
- February 27, 3:00 AM EST to February 28, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.162, -85.719 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Delaware
- When
- February 27, 3:00 AM EST to February 28, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Delaware forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.228, -85.397 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Putnam
- When
- February 27, 3:00 AM EST to February 28, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Putnam forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.666, -86.845 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Hendricks
- When
- February 27, 3:00 AM EST to February 28, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Hendricks forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.770, -86.510 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Marion
- When
- February 27, 3:00 AM EST to February 28, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Marion forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.782, -86.138 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Hancock
- When
- February 27, 3:00 AM EST to February 28, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Hancock forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.824, -85.773 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Clay
- When
- February 27, 3:00 AM EST to February 28, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Clay forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.393, -87.116 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Knox
- When
- February 27, 3:00 AM EST to February 28, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Knox forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.689, -87.418 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Owen
- When
- February 28, 12:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Owen forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.313, -86.838 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Vigo
- When
- February 28, 12:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Vigo forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.431, -87.390 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Sullivan
- When
- February 28, 10:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Sullivan forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.089, -87.415 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Greene
- When
- February 28, 11:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Greene forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.036, -86.962 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Flood in Ohio, February 27 to 28, 1997
- Flooding in Georgia, February 27 to 28, 1997
More
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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: 5585930, 5585931, 5585932, 5585933, 5585934, 5585935, 5585936, 5585937, 5585938, 5585939, 5585940, 5585941, 5585942, 5585943, 5585944, 5585945, 5585946, 5585947, 5585952, 5585948, 5585949, 5585950, 5585951.