Aug 19, 2009
Late morning and early afternoon sunshine was the fuel for a couple rounds of showers and thunderstorms across the region August 19. The storms brought heavy rain to most areas, with rainfall amounts between a half inch and and inch and a half common. In addition, tornadoes were reported from central Illinois all the way up to the Twin Cities. With all of the cloud cover during the afternoon, high temperatures only topped out in the upper 70s to lower 80s.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 192246). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Henry County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.