Indiana cleans up after rains spur river, street flooding
Posted April 04, 2018 7:00 am
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana residents are cleaning up after thunderstorms dumped heavy rains and golf ball-sized hail on parts of the state.
Flood warnings were posted along several rivers following Tuesday's storms, which were followed Wednesday by sharply colder air and snow flurries.
Tuesday's storms dropped 2 to 3 inches of rain on a swath of the state's mid-section, spawning flooding that washed away part of an eastern Indiana road.
Several central and southern Indiana schools were closed Wednesday or on two-hour delays due to local street flooding.
Southwestern Indiana's Knox County was pummeled Tuesday by golf-ball sized hail, while Indianapolis was drenched with 3.90 inches of rain.
That set a new one-day rainfall record for the month of April. The city's old record was 3.06 inches that fell on April 19, 2011.
A motorist turns around due to flood waters from the Haw Creek on Rocky Ford Road in Columbus, Ind., Tuesday, April 3, 2018. Several central and southern Indiana schools were closed Wednesday or on two-hour delays due to local street flooding.(Mike Wolanin/The Republic via AP)
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Motorists drive through high water running over South Gladstone Avenue in Columbus, Ind., Tuesday, April 3, 2018. Several central and southern Indiana schools were closed Wednesday or on two-hour delays due to local street flooding.(Mike Wolanin/The Republic via AP)
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Floodwaters from the Flatrock River have inundated parts of the Lagoons neighborhood in Columbus, Ind., Wednesday, April 4, 2018. Several central and southern Indiana schools were closed Wednesday or on two-hour delays due to local street flooding.(Mike Wolanin/The Republic via AP)
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Floodwaters from the Flatrock River have reached the street sign for a home on Riverside Drive in Columbus, Ind., Wednesday, April 4, 2018. Several central and southern Indiana schools were closed Wednesday or on two-hour delays due to local street flooding.(Mike Wolanin/The Republic via AP)
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A motorists disregards a road closed sign and drives through floodwaters from the East Fork White River on Jonesville Road in Columbus, Ind., Wednesday, April 4, 2018. Several central and southern Indiana schools were closed Wednesday or on two-hour delays due to local street flooding.(Mike Wolanin/The Republic via AP)
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Flood waters from the Haw Creek have blocked an entrance to a mobile home park off Rocky Ford Road in Columbus, Ind., Tuesday, April 3, 2018.Several central and southern Indiana schools were closed Wednesday or on two-hour delays due to local street flooding.(Mike Wolanin/The Republic via AP)
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Jassiel Rodela, left, Cesar Gonzalez, center, and Hector Gonzalez run through high water from the Haw Creek on Rocky Ford Road in Columbus, Ind., Tuesday, April 3, 2018.Several central and southern Indiana schools were closed Wednesday or on two-hour delays due to local street flooding.(Mike Wolanin/The Republic via AP)
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Floodwaters from the Flatrock River have overtaken Noblitt Park in Columbus, Ind., Wednesday, April 4, 2018.Several central and southern Indiana schools were closed Wednesday or on two-hour delays due to local street flooding.(Mike Wolanin/The Republic via AP)
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Floodwaters from the Flatrock River have inundated parts of the Lagoons neighborhood in Columbus, Ind., Wednesday, April 4, 2018. Several central and southern Indiana schools were closed Wednesday or on two-hour delays due to local street flooding.(Mike Wolanin/The Republic via AP)
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Floodwaters from the Flatrock River have reached the back yards of homes in the Lagoons neighborhood in Columbus, Ind., Wednesday, April 4, 2018. Several central and southern Indiana schools were closed Wednesday or on two-hour delays due to local street flooding.(Mike Wolanin/The Republic via AP)
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A motorists drives through a flooded car lot filled with floodwaters from the East Fork White River off Jonesville Road in Columbus, Ind., Wednesday, April 4, 2018. Several central and southern Indiana schools were closed Wednesday or on two-hour delays due to local street flooding.(Mike Wolanin/The Republic via AP)
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