March 25, 1913 – The flood of record occurs along portions of the White River. The river crested over 20 feet above flood stage at Indianapolis. Eleven inches of rain had fallen on the city since March 22, and the river was rising 4 inches an hour. During the early evening of March 25, an earthen levee gave way. Eventually 4 to 10 feet of muddy water swept over 4 square miles within and near the city. More than 180 bridges were destroyed and railroad travel, the primary source of transportation at the time, was impossible. Food supplies quickly dwindled, resulting in near famine in some areas.
The flooding affected Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Lafayette, Terre Haute and most locations along White River, the East Fork of the White, Wabash and Whitewater rivers. Rainfall for the five-day period beginning March 23 ranged from 2 inches in Northwest Indiana to more than 11 inches in the Richmond/east-central Indiana area. Flooding left the Wabash River nearly seven miles wide. The Great Dayton Flood of 1913 flooded Dayton, Ohio, and the surrounding area with water from the Great Miai River, causing the greatest natural disaster in Ohio history.
March 25, 1934 – A spring storm produced 21 inches of snow at Amarillo TX in 24 hours. However, much of the snow melted as it fell, and as a result, the snow cover was never any deeper than 4.5 inches.
March 25, 1948 – For the second time in less than a week airplanes were destroyed by a tornado at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma City OK. A March 20th tornado destroyed fifty planes at Tinker AFB causing more than ten million dollars damage, and the March 25th tornado destroyed another thirty-five planes causing six million dollars damage. The first tornado struck without warning, and caused more damage than any previous tornado in the state of Oklahoma. The second tornado was predicted by Fawbush and Miller of the United States Air Force, and their accurate tornado forecast ushered in the modern era of severe weather forecasting.
March 25, 2013 – Central Indiana woke up to more than six inches of snow on the ground. Gusty winds created drifts over 1 foot deep in some areas. It was only the third time since the 1880s that a snowfall of 4 inches or more had happened so late in the season. (As of 2014.)
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