May 28, 2020
A persistent band of moderate to heavy rain fell across Iowa, northeast Missouri, and northern Illinois the afternoon and early evening of May 28th. This band of rain brought some flash flooding to in northwest Illinois. ||In Illinois, stationary thunderstorms formed over the De Pue area, quickly dropped several inches of rain, and causing a significant flash flood in the small town of De Pue, Illinois.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 892935). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Bureau County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.