February 23, 1779 – A cold clear morning froze the still waters along the Wabash River just south of Vincennes. The ice was half-inch to three-quarters inch thick. The army under George Rogers Clark marched six miles north along the flooded Wabash, at times through the icy waters, to retake Vincennes from the British shortly […]
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Indiana's Weather For Thursday
Indiana’s Weather For Saturday
It’s Festival Of Festivals today in Indy. German, Scottish, Italian…represent! The City of Southport is also having a Fall Festival today with a classic car Show and live bluegrass. And wet grass? Rain moving east and northeast along an advancing warm front could mess with those festival this afternoon. Showers are possible from around Indy […]
White & Wabash River Flooding
The Flood Warning Continues For The Wabash River At Lafayette. – Until Monday Morning. – At 10:30 AM Wednesday The Stage Was 17.5 Feet. – Flood Stage Is 11.0 Feet. – Minor Flooding Is Occurring And Minor Flooding Is Forecast. – Forecast The River Will Continue To Fall To Below Flood Stage By Sunday Evening. […]
Our Snow Pack From Space
Skies have cleared over most of Indiana, so why does the satellite shot look like this? You’re looking at a “visible” satellite image, and some of the gray/white stuff is…white stuff. Yesterday’s big snow over north/northeast Indiana into Michigan. One clue is that you can clearly see the outline of the Wabash River. Clouds aren’t […]
Indiana’s Fourth Cast
If you’re north of the Wabash River in Indiana, you should be dry for the midday and afternoon today. The rest of central Indiana has varying chances of showers/storms, as indicated by the attached map. By tonight the shower/storm chance should be confined to south of I-70, with slight chances of an evening pop up […]
Monday Morning Rain Totals
Here’s a close-up analysis of the heaviest rain. Red on this chart indicates more than SIX inches of precip. It fell from 5am through 1pm Monday morning. High water in some small watersheds in Marion County was the highest in possibly more than 40 years. Lick Creek in the Beech Grove area reached the highest […]
Latest Indiana Rainfall Totals & River Levels
This time the heavy rain was confined to the southern part of the state, with over two inches drenching an area from around Vincennes to near Seymour. Extensive river flooding will continue in western and southern Indiana through March 15. Flood crests in the lowest reaches of the White, Wabash and East Fork White Rivers […]