Oct 13, 2001
Heavy rain began falling across northeast Illinois during the afternoon hours of Saturday, October 13th and continued into the evening hours. Basement and street flooding occurred in Mt. Prospect in Cook county. In Plainfield in Will county, two subdivisions had street flooding and sandbags were needed to contain a creek near 135th Street and US 30. The worst flooding occurred across most of Dupage county. Numerous streets and major roads were flooded and closed. Some of the flooded roads i
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5270833). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Lake County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.