Apr 18, 2013
Excessive rainfall during the middle of April led to widespread flooding across a large part of northern and central Illinois. Locations from the Chicago metro area, southwest along the Illinois River Valley, received 5 to 10 inches over a two day period from the 17-18th. This heavy rain event combined with moisture laden soils from moderate to heavy rain between April 10th and the 16th, and resulted in record flooding along the Illinois and Spoon Rivers in central Illinois. ||The record flood
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 449396). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Schuyler County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.