McDowell explains how floods occur

CARROLL COUNTY, Ind. (WLFI) - Dave McDowell, Carroll County Emergency Management Director, explains how the flooding occurs. There are two lakes in the area, Freeman and Schafer. He explains that the lakes are not big enough to hold as reservoirs long enough to keep flooding from getting out of control. If they know there will be heavy rainfall and drain both lakes, they can only hold water temporarily.

He also touches upon the occurence of the floods. He explains that, of the five major floods to hit the Oakdale dam area and affect the Tippecanoe river in Carroll county, four of them have happened in the last 10 years. He attributes that to an increase of people living in the area, which in turn creates more run off and less ground surface for the water to be absorbed. Due to that, he believes that spring flooding could become more of a common pattern and expects they may be a little more severe.

Lastly, he touches upon the sites most affected. Anything along the Tippecanoe river in Carroll county, Horseshoe Bend, Tecumseh Bend and county roads by the Oakdale dam...specifically CR 1200 and 1225.