Sep 25, 2018
Two fronts pushed across the region between the 22nd and 27th at the same time a longwave trough set up over the central Plains. Widespread showers and thunderstorms brought periods of rain. The heaviest rains fell across southern Illinois and southwest Indiana, where the remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon produced flooding earlier in the month.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 782566). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Spencer County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.