Northern Indiana Gets Inundated with Intense Rainfall

Many residents of Northern Indiana awoke to a very wet surprise Friday morning. With rainfall totals of 5-10" and isolated 12" amounts, according to RadarScope, many areas saw some pretty intense flash flooding.  Some weather stations in Northwest Indiana gave rainfall totals of 4-6". But the area between Fort Wayne and Muncie was the hardest hit seeing the largest rainfall totals of 11" or more, according to the National Weather Service.

Some schools such as the those in Blackford County school district cancelled classes for the day and Interstate 69 was also closed for a good portion of Friday morning due to flood waters. Trees and power lines were down in Madison county and some roads were impassible to cars, stated Madison county Emergency Management officials. I think it goes without saying that residential homes were also affected by the flash flooding Thursday and Friday morning.

The torrential rainfall was caused by "An upper level disturbance moving along a stalled frontal boundary" stated weather.com's meteorologist Linda Lam. With dew points in the 70s and plenty of moisture in the atmosphere, the environment was perfect for very heavy rainfall to occur in the Northern Indiana area Thursday night into Friday morning. There is still a chance for this area to see showers and thunderstorms through Saturday afternoon.

Stormtrackerwx.com's own Meteorologist Jason Berry, who resides in this area, was able to supply a few first hand photos of the flooding that many Northern Indiana residents awoke to Friday morning. The photos below were taken in Rural Jay County, just outside of Dunkirk, IN.