Flash Flood, Vanderburgh
- When
- June 23, 12:05 AM CST to 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Vanderburgh County, Evansville
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 38.025, -87.586 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Indiana, June 23, 1998
Slow-moving thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall. Amounts were estimated to range up to 2 inches per hour, with totals over 3 inches.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 PAH wrote it up.
Slow-moving thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall. Amounts were estimated to range up to 2 inches per hour, with totals over 3 inches. State police reported numerous flooded roadways, some of which were closed. Interstate 164 southbound near mile marker 19 was under water as was U.S. 41 near Stacer Road.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Gibson
- When
- June 23, 12:15 AM CST to 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Gibson County, Princeton
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.312, -87.585 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Warrick
- When
- June 23, 12:15 AM CST to 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Warrick County, Boonville
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.092, -87.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Spencer
- When
- June 23, 12:40 AM CST to 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Spencer County, Rockport
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.014, -87.008 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Missouri, June 23 to 30, 1998
- Heat in Illinois, June 23 to 30, 1998
- Tornado in Nebraska, June 23, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, June 23, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 23 to 24, 1998
- Tornado in Nebraska, June 23, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 23, 1998
- Tornado in Iowa, June 23, 1998
- Tornado in Nebraska, June 23, 1998
- Tornado in Alabama, June 23, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 23, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 23, 1998
More
Every storm in Indiana in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5659405, 5659406, 5659407, 5659408.