Flood, Tippecanoe
- When
- March 10, 7:00 AM EST to March 14, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Tippecanoe forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.389, -86.894 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Indiana, March 10 to 18, 1998
Rainfall of one to three inches on march 9 and March 10 brought the Wabash River above bankful to effect some local river roads and bottomland agricultural areas before planting season.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- 5
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.
Rainfall of one to three inches on march 9 and March 10 brought the Wabash River above bankful to effect some local river roads and bottomland agricultural areas before planting season.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Fountain
- When
- March 11, 7:00 AM EST to March 15, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Fountain forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.121, -87.242 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Vermillion
- When
- March 11, 7:00 AM EST to March 16, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Vermillion forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.854, -87.464 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Warren
- When
- March 11, 7:00 AM EST to March 15, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Warren forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.347, -87.353 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Parke
- When
- March 13, 7:00 AM EST to March 18, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Parke forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.774, -87.206 (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
- Flooding in Florida, March 10 to 30, 1998
- Cold in Arkansas, March 10, 1998
- Cold in West Virginia, March 10 to 13, 1998
- Flood in Florida, March 10 to 14, 1998
- Cold in Ohio, March 10 to 13, 1998
- Lake-Effect Snow in Michigan, March 10 to 11, 1998
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in North Carolina, March 10 to 11, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, March 10 to 12, 1998
- Cold in Kentucky, March 10 to 13, 1998
- Flooding in New York, March 10, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, March 10 to 12, 1998
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, March 10 to 11, 1998
More
Every storm in Indiana in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, March 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: 5632977, 5632978, 5632980, 5632981, 5632979.