2,067 first-hand accounts of flood events in Illinois, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
The weather pattern began to quiet down after the historic spring river flooding. With high pressure generally in control of the weather, the first half of June was very warm and dry.
Read the full account →Heavy rains during the third week of July resulted in the La Moine River at Colmar going above the moderate flood stage level of 22 feet around 630 am CDT July 20. It crested around 23.8 feet around 1 am CDT July 22.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed over central Missouri during the early evening hours. They moved east/southeast through the overnight hours. Numerous large hail and damaging wind reports were received.
Read the full account →Multiple bands of thunderstorms occurred during the night. The storms occurred in the warm sector of a surface low centered over northeast Kansas.
Read the full account →A slow-moving cold front interacting with a seasonably warm and moist airmass triggered a broken line of strong to severe thunderstorms across west-central Illinois during the late afternoon and early evening of May 13th.
Read the full account →A slow-moving cold front interacting with a seasonably warm and moist airmass triggered a broken line of strong to severe thunderstorms across west-central Illinois during the late afternoon and early evening of May 13th.
Read the full account →Heavy rains during the fourth week of July resulted in the Rock River at Joslin going above the moderate flood stage level of 14 feet around 8 pm CDT July 25. It crested around 17.4 feet around 7 pm CDT July 27.
Read the full account →Heavy rains during the fourth week of July resulted in the Rock River at Joslin going above the moderate flood stage level of 14 feet around 8 pm CDT July 25. It crested around 17.4 feet around 7 pm CDT July 27.
Read the full account →The active June weather pattern continued through July, bringing fronts that moved in and near the regional river basins. After having the wettest June on record, the state of Illinois experienced a very wet July.
Read the full account →The active June weather pattern continued through July, bringing fronts that moved in and near the regional river basins. After having the wettest June on record, the state of Illinois experienced a very wet July.
Read the full account →The active June weather pattern continued through July, bringing fronts that moved in and near the regional river basins. After having the wettest June on record, the state of Illinois experienced a very wet July.
Read the full account →The Blizzard of '96 that fell in New England and the Mid-Atlantic around the 6th began to melt towards the middle of the month, sending a flood wave down the Ohio River. This in turn sent backwater up many of the smaller rivers that feed into the Ohio.
Read the full account →The Ohio River remained well above flood stage into early February. The river crested at Shawneetown in late January, but did not crest from Golconda downriver to Cairo until the first few days of February. At Golconda, where flood stage is 40 feet, the crest was 45.38 feet.
Read the full account →The Ohio River remained well above flood stage into early February. The river crested at Shawneetown in late January, but did not crest from Golconda downriver to Cairo until the first few days of February. At Golconda, where flood stage is 40 feet, the crest was 45.38 feet.
Read the full account →The Ohio River remained well above flood stage into early February. The river crested at Shawneetown in late January, but did not crest from Golconda downriver to Cairo until the first few days of February. At Golconda, where flood stage is 40 feet, the crest was 45.38 feet.
Read the full account →The Ohio River remained well above flood stage into early February. The river crested at Shawneetown in late January, but did not crest from Golconda downriver to Cairo until the first few days of February. At Golconda, where flood stage is 40 feet, the crest was 45.38 feet.
Read the full account →The Ohio River remained well above flood stage into early February. The river crested at Shawneetown in late January, but did not crest from Golconda downriver to Cairo until the first few days of February. At Golconda, where flood stage is 40 feet, the crest was 45.38 feet.
Read the full account →The Ohio River remained well above flood stage into early February. The river crested at Shawneetown in late January, but did not crest from Golconda downriver to Cairo until the first few days of February. At Golconda, where flood stage is 40 feet, the crest was 45.38 feet.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms repeatedly moved over the same corridor from Scott County, Missouri northeast across Alexander and Pulaski Counties in Illinois. Rainfall totals were 3 to 5 inches in a few hours' time. In Johnson County, the sheriff's office in Vienna reported 3 inches.
Read the full account →Major flooding of the Mississippi River occurred. The river rose above flood stage at Thebes on May 8, then reached its crest of 44.3 feet on May 18. Flood stage at Thebes is 33 feet. This resulted in extensive flooding of farmland and threats to some developments.
Read the full account →Flood write up per the Service Hydrologist:One moderate to heavy precipitation event affected the HSA during the month. This event occurred around the 13th.
Read the full account →The Big Muddy River reached 28.3 feet at Murphysboro on the 27th, over 10 feet above the flood stage of 16 feet. In Franklin County, a dairy farm was covered with water, and portions of Illinois Route 149 were threatened by rising water.
Read the full account →A decaying mesoscale convective system moved into northwest Illinois, mainly along and south of Interstate 80, during the morning hours of July 20th. These showers and storms produced heavy rain with trained spotters reporting 2 to 4 inches of rain.
Read the full account →A series of disturbances tracking along a nearly stationary frontal boundary resulted in two periods of heavy rainfall across parts of central Illinois on June 25th and June 26th.
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