Jun 22, 2019
An advancing warm front brought widespread showers and thunderstorms to central Illinois during the early morning of June 22nd. The rainfall was heaviest along a Jacksonville...to Taylorville...to Shelbyville line where amounts of 3 to 4 inches were common. The excessive rainfall rates produced flash flooding across portions of Morgan, Sangamon, Christian, and Shelby counties. Numerous roads were closed due to flowing water, including portions of I-55 and I-72 in Sangamon County. In addition
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 839797). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Christian County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.