The end of September is not typically an active period for severe weather anywhere in our forecast area, but there are years that are exceptions. For example, in late September 1999 & violent supercell produced a wind gust of 103 mph north of Montmorenci & in September 1981 an intense line of severe storms hit the area just as the kids were coming home from school on buses. The night of September 30-October 1 is one of those events. Interesting in its greatest violence at night, this storm system with clusters of severe storms produced much violent severe weather from Illinois to Ohio & Kentucky. Although the severe storms impacted the southern portion of the forecast area, flooding rainfall occurred farther north, leading to an absolute mudfest at Ross-Ade as Purdue took on Wake Forest