(La Porte County, IN) - A lot of rain has fallen throughout the area over the past 24 hours.

 

In La Porte, the city’s water department reported just over three and a half inches of rain from early yesterday afternoon until about 5 o’clock this morning with a majority of the precipitation falling overnight.

 

Michigan City resident Bob Johnson reported similar amounts in his rain gauge at home near the high school.

 

Johnson said about a half inch of the rain came down during a 15 minute period yesterday.

 

“I had to slow down going down the road because it was like a river going down the roads.  You were hydroplaning all over,” he said.

 

Westville area farmer Mark Parkman said the more than three and a half inches of rain he received should be enough to last for his corn and soybeans during the remainder of the growing season.

 

“This rain definitely ought to finish it off,” he said.

 

More than four inches of rain over the past 24 hours was reported in places like Rolling Prairie and New Carlisle with amounts closer to two inches reported from the New Buffalo and Three Oaks areas.