2,067 first-hand accounts of flood events in Illinois, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A cold core low moved over the area, dragging along a weak and slow moving surface low. Although weak, sufficient low level and upper forcing aided in developing strong to severe storms.
Read the full account →A complex of thunderstorms moved east across parts of southern Illinois through the morning. Training of heavy rain resulted in widespread 2 to 4 inches of rainfall along the Interstate 64 corridor.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed late in the evening of July 22nd across northeast Illinois and continued into the morning of July 23rd. Numerous thunderstorms moved over the same areas across portions of Lake County, producing torrential rain and flash flooding.
Read the full account →Two rounds of storms tracked across portions of northwest IL on Monday bringing torrential rain, occasional lightning, and gusty winds. The first round moved through late morning and early afternoon along Interstate 80 from the Quad Cities, towards Princeton IL.
Read the full account →Two rounds of storms tracked across portions of northwest IL on Monday bringing torrential rain, occasional lightning, and gusty winds. The first round moved through late morning and early afternoon along Interstate 80 from the Quad Cities, towards Princeton IL.
Read the full account →Two rounds of storms tracked across portions of northwest IL on Monday bringing torrential rain, occasional lightning, and gusty winds. The first round moved through late morning and early afternoon along Interstate 80 from the Quad Cities, towards Princeton IL.
Read the full account →A cold front interacting with a warm and humid airmass triggered several clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms across parts of central Illinois during the evening of September 18th into the early morning of September 19th.
Read the full account →A cold front interacting with a warm and humid airmass triggered several clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms across parts of central Illinois during the evening of September 18th into the early morning of September 19th.
Read the full account →An outflow boundary from convection earlier in the day served as the primary focusing mechanism for numerous storm clusters along and south of I-70 from the late afternoon of August 1st into the pre-dawn hours of August 2nd.
Read the full account →Heavy rain caused flash flooding across parts of northwest Illinois during the morning of August 8th when rainfall of 3 to 5 inches with locally higher amounts fell.
Read the full account →Heavy rain caused flash flooding across parts of northwest Illinois during the morning of August 8th when rainfall of 3 to 5 inches with locally higher amounts fell.
Read the full account →Heavy rain caused flash flooding across parts of northwest Illinois during the morning of August 8th when rainfall of 3 to 5 inches with locally higher amounts fell.
Read the full account →An outflow boundary from convection earlier in the day served as the primary focusing mechanism for numerous storm clusters along and south of I-70 from the late afternoon of August 1st into the pre-dawn hours of August 2nd.
Read the full account →An outflow boundary from convection earlier in the day served as the primary focusing mechanism for numerous storm clusters along and south of I-70 from the late afternoon of August 1st into the pre-dawn hours of August 2nd.
Read the full account →An outflow boundary from convection earlier in the day served as the primary focusing mechanism for numerous storm clusters along and south of I-70 from the late afternoon of August 1st into the pre-dawn hours of August 2nd.
Read the full account →An outflow boundary from convection earlier in the day served as the primary focusing mechanism for numerous storm clusters along and south of I-70 from the late afternoon of August 1st into the pre-dawn hours of August 2nd.
Read the full account →Heavy rain caused flash flooding across parts of northwest Illinois during the morning of August 8th when rainfall of 3 to 5 inches with locally higher amounts fell.
Read the full account →Heavy rain caused flash flooding across parts of northwest Illinois during the morning of August 8th when rainfall of 3 to 5 inches with locally higher amounts fell.
Read the full account →Heavy rain caused flash flooding across parts of northwest Illinois during the morning of August 8th when rainfall of 3 to 5 inches with locally higher amounts fell.
Read the full account →Heavy rain caused flash flooding across parts of northwest Illinois during the morning of August 8th when rainfall of 3 to 5 inches with locally higher amounts fell.
Read the full account →An outflow boundary from convection earlier in the day served as the primary focusing mechanism for numerous storm clusters along and south of I-70 from the late afternoon of August 1st into the pre-dawn hours of August 2nd.
Read the full account →An outflow boundary from convection earlier in the day served as the primary focusing mechanism for numerous storm clusters along and south of I-70 from the late afternoon of August 1st into the pre-dawn hours of August 2nd.
Read the full account →A persistent frontal boundary draped across central Illinois continued to be the focus for strong to severe thunderstorm development during the morning of August 2nd.
Read the full account →A persistent frontal boundary draped across central Illinois continued to be the focus for strong to severe thunderstorm development during the morning of August 2nd.
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