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Overview

On the afternoon of Friday, June 13, 2025, slow-moving thunderstorms produced torrential rainfall and a brief EF-0 tornado on the westside of Evansville, Indiana.

Rainfall amounts of three to five inches fell in a period of one to two hours, resulting in major flash flooding. Numerous roads on the westside of Evansville were blocked by flood waters, and several motorists needed to be rescued. This prompted an issuance of a rare Flash Flood Emergency for the westside of Evansville. The Evansville Regional Airport recorded 3.93 inches of rain, a daily rainfall record for June 13. This amount of rain was the third greatest daily rainfall recorded in the month of June in Evansville. 


Additionally, a brief EF-0 tornado struck the same area, uprooting a few trees and downing several large tree limbs.

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Evansville EF-0 Tornado Details
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Car stranded on St. Joseph Ave. in Evansville
(Sharon Taylor/Vanderburgh County ARES)
Overflowing sewers on Cromwell Drive in Evansville (Walt Egenmaier) Uprooted tree on Tekoppel Ave. in Evansville.
 
(Sharon Taylor/Vanderburgh County ARES)

Tornadoes

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EF-Scale

The Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale classifies tornadoes into the following categories:

EF0
Weak

65-85 mph
EF1
Moderate
86-110 mph
EF2
Significant
111-135 mph
EF3
Severe
136-165 mph
EF4
Extreme
166-200 mph
EF5
Catastrophic
200+ mph
ef-scale
Tornadoes that fail to impact any ratable damage indicators on the EF-Scale are rated EF-Unknown (EF-U)

Rain Reports

Estimated rainfall map across Evansville on June 13, 2025. This map was made using a combination of rain gauge reports and radar esimates.

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Paducah KY
710 PM CDT Fri Jun 13 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0538 PM     Flash Flood      1 NW Melody Hill        38.03N 87.52W
06/13/2025                   Vanderburgh        IN   Public           

            Report from mPING: Street/road flooding; 
            Street/road closed; Vehicles stranded. 

0553 PM     Flash Flood      2 NNW Melody Hill       38.05N 87.52W
06/13/2025                   Vanderburgh        IN   Public           

            Water covering SR 57 near Evansville 
            Regional Airport. 

0612 PM     Flash Flood      3 NW Melody Hill        38.06N 87.54W
06/13/2025                   Vanderburgh        IN   Public           

            Report from mPING: Street/road flooding; 
            Street/road closed; Vehicles stranded. 

0625 PM     Flash Flood      3 W Evansville          37.98N 87.60W
06/13/2025                   Vanderburgh        IN   Amateur Radio    

            Streets and parking lots covered with at 
            least one stranded vehicle at St Joseph 
            Ave/W Indiana St. 

0626 PM     Flash Flood      3 NW Melody Hill        38.05N 87.55W
06/13/2025                   Vanderburgh        IN   Public           

            Neighborhoods off of Strawberry Hill Rd 
            including Midway Drive have water almost 
            higher than the mailboxes in spots. 

0633 PM     Flash Flood      3 NW Evansville         38.01N 87.58W
06/13/2025                   Vanderburgh        IN   Public           

            Widespread flooding at N First Ave and West 
            Buena Vista Rd with multiple cars in a 
            parking lot taking on high water. 

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