Flash Flood, Monroe
- When
- October 5, 1:30 AM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, 2 mi SE of Bloomington
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 39.161, -86.523 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Indiana, October 5, 2000
Heavy rain of 2 to 5 inches caused flash flooding along Moores Creek just southeast of Bloomington. A 29 year old woman was killed as her car was swept off a county road adjacent to the creek.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS IND wrote it up.
Heavy rain of 2 to 5 inches caused flash flooding along Moores Creek just southeast of Bloomington. A 29 year old woman was killed as her car was swept off a county road adjacent to the creek. Police determined she was able to get out of her car, but found her body was carried about a quarter mile downstream and she subsequently drowned.
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:29 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood, Monroe | 2000-10-05 | 29 | Female | In Water | Direct |
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.
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More
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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: 5162111.