2,067 first-hand accounts of flood events in Illinois, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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.
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.
Read the full account →Waves of low pressure tracking along a nearly stationary frontal boundary draped across south-central Illinois triggered numerous thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening of July 11th.
Read the full account →A Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) generated by prior convection across Kansas and Missouri tracked into west-central Illinois during the afternoon of July 10th.
Read the full account →Waves of low pressure tracking along a nearly stationary frontal boundary draped across south-central Illinois triggered numerous thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening of July 11th.
Read the full account →Waves of low pressure tracking along a nearly stationary frontal boundary draped across south-central Illinois triggered numerous thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening of July 11th.
Read the full account →Waves of low pressure tracking along a nearly stationary frontal boundary draped across south-central Illinois triggered numerous thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening of July 11th.
Read the full account →Significant flash flooding occurred in Perry County. Slow-moving and locally training areas of heavy showers and thunderstorms persisted through the overnight hours.
Read the full account →A series of slow-moving lines and clusters of thunderstorms moved east-southeast across southern Illinois from the midday hours through the early evening hours. The storms produced flooding rains and isolated strong wind gusts.
Read the full account →A series of slow-moving lines and clusters of thunderstorms moved east-southeast across southern Illinois from the midday hours through the early evening hours. The storms produced flooding rains and isolated strong wind gusts.
Read the full account →A nearly stationary frontal boundary interacting with a moist environment triggered numerous clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms across north-central Illinois during the morning of August 12th.
Read the full account →A nearly stationary frontal boundary interacting with a moist environment triggered numerous clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms across north-central Illinois during the morning of August 12th.
Read the full account →A subtle upper-level shortwave associated with a cold front, draped across the county warning area, was advancing southeast, aiding widely scattered convection to develop ahead of the front in western Illinois.
Read the full account →An outflow boundary from previous convection triggered several clusters of strong thunderstorms across north-central Illinois during the late afternoon and evening of August 8th.
Read the full account →High winds produced isolated wind damage and heavy rains produced localized flooding on October 24th and 25th. A large healthy tree limb was blown down in Clarendon Hills in DuPage County.
Read the full account →Numerous severe thunderstorms formed ahead of an approaching cold front across southeast Missouri during the evening hours of Sunday, October 24th, 2021.
Read the full account →Areas of low pressure tracking along a stationary frontal boundary draped across central Illinois triggered two large thunderstorm clusters during the morning of June 12th.
Read the full account →A cold front triggered a broken line of thunderstorms across north-central Illinois during the evening of June 25th. Some of the cells produced wind gusts of around 60 mph, with one storm dropping golf ball-sized hail in Altona in Knox County.
Read the full account →Heavy rain on February 28th sent the mainstem rivers above flood stage early in March. Minor to moderate flooding occurred on the Ohio, Wabash, and Little Wabash Rivers. Near to above normal precipitation in March kept some locations above flood stage through the entire month.
Read the full account →Heavy rain on February 28th sent the mainstem rivers above flood stage early in March. Minor to moderate flooding occurred on the Ohio, Wabash, and Little Wabash Rivers. Near to above normal precipitation in March kept some locations above flood stage through the entire month.
Read the full account →Heavy rain on February 28th sent the mainstem rivers above flood stage early in March. Minor to moderate flooding occurred on the Ohio, Wabash, and Little Wabash Rivers. Near to above normal precipitation in March kept some locations above flood stage through the entire month.
Read the full account →Heavy rain on February 28th sent the mainstem rivers above flood stage early in March. Minor to moderate flooding occurred on the Ohio, Wabash, and Little Wabash Rivers. Near to above normal precipitation in March kept some locations above flood stage through the entire month.
Read the full account →Heavy rain on February 28th sent the mainstem rivers above flood stage early in March. Minor to moderate flooding occurred on the Ohio, Wabash, and Little Wabash Rivers. Near to above normal precipitation in March kept some locations above flood stage through the entire month.
Read the full account →Heavy rain on February 28th sent the mainstem rivers above flood stage early in March. Minor to moderate flooding occurred on the Ohio, Wabash, and Little Wabash Rivers. Near to above normal precipitation in March kept some locations above flood stage through the entire month.
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