Flood, Newton
- When
- January 13, 2:30 AM CST to 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Newton forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.956, -87.397 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Indiana, January 13, 2005
During the late afternoon of January 12, a strong cold front crossed the Mississippi River into Illinois. The airmass ahead of the cold front in Illinois was unseasonably warm and humid.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 2
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 LOT wrote it up.
During the late afternoon of January 12, a strong cold front crossed the Mississippi River into Illinois. The airmass ahead of the cold front in Illinois was unseasonably warm and humid. By early evening, a squall line formed ahead of the front and moved rapidly eastward through northern Illinois, producing strong wind gusts, small hail and heavy rains. As the system moved through eastern Illinois and into western Indiana, between 2 and 3 inches of rainfall was reported over east-central portions of Illinois and and west-central portions of Indiana. This heavy rain combined with snow melt caused flooding. Numerous rural roads were reported to be covered with water across the northern half of Newton County, including US Highway 41. Sandbagging operations were required at Wildwood near Shelby. Indiana State Road 55 was inundated by flood waters at Shelby.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Lake
- When
- January 13, 2:30 AM CST to 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lake forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 40.733, -84.917
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
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- Tornado in South Carolina, January 13, 2005
- Flash Flood and Hail in Mississippi, January 13, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, January 13, 2005
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, January 13 to 14, 2005
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, January 13, 2005
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, January 13, 2005
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, January 13, 2005
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, January 13, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, January 13, 2005
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, January 13, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, January 13, 2005
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5433052, 5433053.