2,067 first-hand accounts of flood events in Illinois, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A slow-moving cold front interacting with a moist environment triggered bands of showers with a few embedded thunderstorms across central Illinois during the morning of July 16th.
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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →Slow moving thunderstorms continued to back build and produce very heavy rain and flash flooding in a small area of west central Illinois during the early morning hours. The storms developed on an old outflow boundary with the aid of an upper level disturbance.
Read the full account →A stationary frontal boundary draped across central Illinois served as the focal point for showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon of 09/11/2008.
Read the full account →Numerous secondary roads were covered with water. Flash flooding from this event combined with flooding in late April resulted in considerable damage along roads, creeks, and small streams.
Read the full account →Long-lingering flooding from the major flood event in April resulted in minor flooding at Carmi to start May. River levels briefly dropped below flood stage May 3rd; however, heavy rainfall the night of May 3rd into early morning the 4th pushed water levels back into minor flood…
Read the full account →Long-lingering flooding from the major flood event in April resulted in minor flooding at Carmi to start May. River levels briefly dropped below flood stage May 3rd; however, heavy rainfall the night of May 3rd into early morning the 4th pushed water levels back into minor flood…
Read the full account →An area of strong to severe thunderstorms with very heavy rain moved across east central Illinois during the afternoon and evening hours of the 6th. Several storms produced wind damage and one storm produced a tornado that passed through the town of Lerna in Coles County.
Read the full account →A slow-moving and complex storm system brought wave after wave of heavy rain during the first week of December. This system along with a handful of other rain events pushed precipitation totals 1 to 3 inches above normal for the month.
Read the full account →A complex of thunderstorms moved east across southern Illinois during the early morning hours. A few of the storms became severe. The complex of storms occurred along a cold front that extended from the Great Lakes to the mid Mississippi Valley.
Read the full account →A complex of thunderstorms moved east across southern Illinois during the early morning hours. A few of the storms became severe. The complex of storms occurred along a cold front that extended from the Great Lakes to the mid Mississippi Valley.
Read the full account →A complex of thunderstorms moved east across southern Illinois during the early morning hours. A few of the storms became severe. The complex of storms occurred along a cold front that extended from the Great Lakes to the mid Mississippi Valley.
Read the full account →Heavy rain (3 to 7) over the lower Ohio and Tennessee Valleys on the 15th resulted in rising water levels on the Ohio River, with moderate flooding near Paducah and Olmsted, and minor flooding near Golconda, Smithland, and Cairo.
Read the full account →Heavy rain (3 to 7) over the lower Ohio and Tennessee Valleys on the 15th resulted in rising water levels on the Ohio River, with moderate flooding near Paducah and Olmsted, and minor flooding near Golconda, Smithland, and Cairo.
Read the full account →Heavy rain (3 to 7) over the lower Ohio and Tennessee Valleys on the 15th resulted in rising water levels on the Ohio River, with moderate flooding near Paducah and Olmsted, and minor flooding near Golconda, Smithland, and Cairo.
Read the full account →Heavy rain (3 to 7) over the lower Ohio and Tennessee Valleys on the 15th resulted in rising water levels on the Ohio River, with moderate flooding near Paducah and Olmsted, and minor flooding near Golconda, Smithland, and Cairo.
Read the full account →Heavy rain (3 to 7) over the lower Ohio and Tennessee Valleys on the 15th resulted in rising water levels on the Ohio River, with moderate flooding near Paducah and Olmsted, and minor flooding near Golconda, Smithland, and Cairo.
Read the full account →A nearly stationary frontal boundary interacting with a very warm and moist airmass brought heavy rainfall to much of central Illinois, particularly along and west of I-55.
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