Indiana
Historically wet Indiana tropical systems
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Over this previous weekend a tropical system dumped lots of rain within the Miami space. Some spots recorded over 10″ of rain on June 4 which brought on flooding. That system finally strengthened and have become Tropical Storm Alex east of Florida.
The heavy rain inside this tropical system acquired us serious about tropical programs to make it to Indiana. Listed here are some moist tropical programs that did drop a great quantity of rain within the document books for Indy.
In 1979, Bob introduced over 4″ of rain after which not too lengthy after Claudette introduced close to 3″ of rain to Indy. It goes to point out you wind isn’t all the time the defining issue for these tropical programs. A weaker tropical melancholy, tropical storm, or hurricane can nonetheless carry lots of rain relying on the situations. As we proceed to enter hurricane season, we’ll monitor the tropics too see if any remnant or weak tropical programs can drive moisture into Indiana.