Dec 28, 2015
A prolonged period of rainfall occurred from the early morning hours of December 26th to the evening of December 28th. The heaviest rainfall occurred in a 50 to 75 mile wide swath from southwest Missouri through the Greater St. Louis Metropolitan Area and into central Illinois. Three day rainfall totals within this swath ranged from 6 to 12 inches, with lighter amounts extending both northwest and southeast to the state border. Some of the precipitation fell as a wintry mix of freezing rain,
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 616373). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Bond County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.