Flood, Carroll
- When
- March 14, 5:00 AM EST to 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, March 14, 1997
Heavy rains of 1 to 2 inches on saturated ground resulted in most small streams exceeding bankfull but impacting no more than farm fields. Streams impacted included Big Walnut Creek, the Eel River, Sugar Creek, Big Racoon Creek, and White Lick Creek of west central and north central Indiana.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 26 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
- 26
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 1 to 2 inches on saturated ground resulted in most small streams exceeding bankfull but impacting no more than farm fields. Streams impacted included Big Walnut Creek, the Eel River, Sugar Creek, Big Racoon Creek, and White Lick Creek of west central and north central Indiana. The White and Wabash rivers in central and southwest Indiana also flooded farmland area along the rivers.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
26 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Cass
- When
- March 14, 5:00 AM EST to 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
- March 14, 5:00 AM EST to 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
- March 14, 5:00 AM EST to 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
- March 14, 5:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Tippecanoe forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.389, -86.894 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Clinton
- When
- March 14, 5:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Clinton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.302, -86.475 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Howard
- When
- March 14, 5:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Howard forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.484, -86.117 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Fountain
- When
- March 14, 5:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Fountain forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.121, -87.242 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Montgomery
- When
- March 14, 5:00 AM EST to 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
- March 14, 5:00 AM EST to 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
- March 14, 5:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Tipton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.311, -86.052 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Hamilton
- When
- March 14, 5:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Hamilton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.073, -86.052 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Madison
- When
- March 14, 5:00 AM EST to 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
- March 14, 5:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Delaware forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.228, -85.397 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Vermillion
- When
- March 14, 5:00 AM EST to 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
- March 14, 5:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Parke forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.774, -87.206 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Putnam
- When
- March 14, 5:00 AM EST to 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
- March 14, 5:00 AM EST to 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
- March 14, 5:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Marion forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.782, -86.138 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Vigo
- When
- March 14, 5:00 AM 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, Clay
- When
- March 14, 5:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Clay forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.393, -87.116 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Morgan
- When
- March 14, 5:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Morgan forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.482, -86.446 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Sullivan
- When
- March 14, 5:00 AM 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
- March 14, 5:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Greene forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.036, -86.962 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Knox
- When
- March 14, 5:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Knox forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.689, -87.418 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Daviess
- When
- March 14, 5:00 AM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Daviess forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.702, -87.072 (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
- Winter Storm in New York, March 14, 1997
- Winter Storm in Vermont, March 14, 1997
- Tornado in South Carolina, March 14, 1997
- Winter Storm in New York, March 14, 1997
- Winter Storm in New York, March 14, 1997
- Storm Surge in Pennsylvania, March 14 to 15, 1997
- Tornado in South Carolina, March 14, 1997
- Flooding in Michigan, March 14, 1997
- Ice Storm in Pennsylvania, March 14, 1997
- Ice Storm in Michigan, March 14, 1997
- Ice Storm in Pennsylvania, March 14, 1997
- Winter Storm in Vermont, March 14, 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: 5589485, 5589486, 5589487, 5589488, 5589489, 5589490, 5589491, 5589492, 5589493, 5589494, 5589495, 5589496, 5589497, 5589498, 5589499, 5589500, 5589501, 5589502, 5589503, 5589504, 5589505, 5589506, 5589507, 5589508, 5589509, 5589510.