Jul 22, 2010
Thunderstorms with extremely heavy rain developed along a stationary front and moved from northeast Iowa into northwest Illinois. Some locations measured 5 to 7 inches of rainfall, causing localized flash flooding and pushing numerous creeks out of their banks. Yellow Creek in Stephenson County was particularly hard-hit. ||Pushing numerous rivers and creeks to bankfull or even out of their banks, this round of rainfall further set the stage for the extreme flooding that developed with the nex
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 250560). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Stephenson County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.