Flood, Tippecanoe
- When
- June 15, 5:00 AM EST to June 16, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Tippecanoe forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 40.389, -86.894 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Indiana, June 15 to 16, 2000
Heavy rain caused minor flooding along the Wabash River from Lafayette to Covington. 14 feet (flood stage is 16 feet).
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 IND wrote it up.
Heavy rain caused minor flooding along the Wabash River from Lafayette to Covington. Lafayette crested at 12.06 feet (flood stage is 11 feet) and Covington crested at 16.14 feet (flood stage is 16 feet). Agricultural bottomland and a few county roads were effected.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Warren
- When
- June 15, 5:00 AM EST to June 16, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Warren forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 40.347, -87.353 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Fountain
- When
- June 16, 7:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Fountain forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 40.121, -87.242 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Vermillion
- When
- June 16, 7:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Vermillion forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.854, -87.464 (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
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strikes in South Carolina, June 15 to 18, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 15, 2000
- Tornado in Ohio, June 15, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 15, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in Virginia, June 15, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 15, 2000
- High Wind in Idaho, June 15, 2000
- Damaging Winds in New York, June 15, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 15, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 15, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in Virginia, June 15 to 16, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 15, 2000
More
Every storm in Indiana in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, June 2000
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: 5149074, 5149075, 5149076, 5149077.