8 flash flood, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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8 flash flood, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A DOUBLE WIDE TRAILER AT THE CALVARY WORSHIP CENTER BURNED TO THE GROUND DUE TO A LIGHTNING STRIKE.
TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN LESS THEN 40 MINUTES IN HUNTINGTON WHICH FLOODED MANY BASEMENTS IN TOWN. A TREE FELL ONTO A VAN CRUSHING IT SEVERLY. MANY COUNTY ROADS WERE COMPLETELY WASHED OUT AS WELL INCLUDING US 24.
6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF WABASH COUNTY SENDING THE NORMALLY DOCILE CHARLEY CREEK INTO A RAGING ONE-HALF MILE WIDE TORRENT THROUGH TOWN. MANY PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT STRANDED BY THE FLOOD WATERS WERE EVACUATED TO HIGHER GROUND. TWO BRIDGES AND 15 COUNTY ROADS WERE COMPLETELY WASHED OUT. MANY HOMES ALONG THE EEL AND SALAMONIE RIVERS WERE EVACUATED AS WELL AS THOSE RIVERS APPROACHED RECORD FLOOD LEVELS. DAMAGE ESTIMATES WERE IN THE MILLIONS DUE TO COUNTLESS FLOODED HOMES... BASEMENTS AND VEHICLES.
MAUGANS ROAD MOBILE HOME PARK SUSTAINED SEVERE FLOODING. SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES WERE INUNDATED WITH WATER UP TO 4 FEET DEEP. MANY OF THE RESIDENTS SUFFERED FLOODED VEHICLES INCLUDING ONE MAN WHO LOST A VAN, A TRUCK AND A HARLEY DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE. MANY HOMES IN PERU WERE FLOODED WITH RAW SEWAGE AS STORM SEWERS FLOODED AND BACKED UP INTO HOMES.
MANY ROADS AND BASEMENTS WERE FLOODED IN BLUFFTON AND WELLS AS 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN LESS THEN 5 HOURS.
40 PERCENT OF THE COUNTIES ROADS WERE REPORTED WASHED OUT. ONE MAN WAS INJURED WHEN HE DROVE HIS VEHICLE INTO A FALLEN TREE LIMB. HE SUFFERED CUTS AND BRUISES.
35 MOBILE HOMES IN A TRAILER PARK SUSTAINED MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING. 200 PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED ALONG THE UPPER WABASH RIVER.
THE LOGANSPORT IMPLEMENT STORE WAS INUNDATED WITH WATER UP TO FOUR FEET DEEP. SEVERAL HOMES IN TOWN SUSTAINED FLOODED BASEMENTS. ONE RESIDENT IN THE TOWN OF GALVESTON HAD THEIR BASEMENT WALL COLLAPSE DUE TO THE PRESSURE OF THE WATER.
SEVERAL ROADS ACROSS THE COUNTY SUSTAINED DAMAGE DUE TO PARTIAL OR COMPLETE WASHOUTS. MANY HOMES IN LOW LYING AREAS HAD THEIR BASEMENTS FLOODED ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF BRYANT.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, July 1998
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: 5655139, 5655196, 5655140, 5655136, 5655137, 5655141, 5655138, 5655197, 5655198.