Flood in Indiana, June 16 to 28, 1998

Name: Flood in Indiana, June 16 to 28, 1998
Start: 1998-06-16T02:00
End: 1998-06-28T22:00
Location: Indiana

June 16 to 28, 1998 · NWS PAH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $50,000
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.

The radar

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Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Pike

When: June 16, 2:00 AM CST to June 28, 10:00 PM CST
Where: Pike forecast zone
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: PARK/FOREST SERVICE
Coordinates: 38.399, -87.232 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The White River rose well out of its banks, closing portions of some roads, including Indiana Route 257, about 4 miles northeast of Algiers in Pike County. A 29-year-old male drove his vehicle around barricades on Route 257 and drowned while attempting to cross flooded portions of the road. The incident occurred about 1/4 mile south of the east fork of the White River shortly after noon on June 22. At Petersburg, where flood stage is 16 feet, the river crested around 24 feet around June 23.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Flood, Pike	1998-06-22	29	Male	Vehicle/Towed Trailer	Direct

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Indiana in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings in Indiana, June 1998

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: 5659546.