Drought conditions not out of question

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Forecasters with the National Weather Service say drought conditions this summer are not out of the question, but it is too early to tell what will happen.

The 2012 drought hit Indiana hard and farmers are still dealing with the fallout.

The summer of 2012 was so dry for so long, the drought turned a portion of Morse Reservoir into parkland.

Water levels were five feet below normal.

The grass had grown so high, a homeowners association hired a crew to mow the reservoir near 216th Street and Little Chicago Road.

A wet fall and winter helped return water levels back to normal.

“Right now we are about two inches above normal for 2013,” said meteorologist John Kwiatkowski, who works for the National Weather Service.

Kwiatkowski  says because of the recent wet weather, area soils are becoming saturated.  That is normal for this time of year but it does create conditions for possible flash flooding.

“It would take less rainfall to cause flooding (right now),” said Kwiatkowski.

While flash flooding is a possibility, it is not in the forecast at this time.