May 1, 2013
High impact flooding on the Illinois River continued from April into much of May. Excessive rainfall during the middle of April led to widespread flooding across a large part of northern and central Illinois and resulted in record flooding along the Illinois River in central Illinois. Another heavy rain event from May 2-4, 2013 prolonged the flooding into the middle of May for most of the Illinois River basin.||The record flooding did significant damage to locations along and near the river bank
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 456486). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Peoria County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.