2,067 first-hand accounts of flood events in Illinois, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Heavy rains during the fourth week of July resulted in the Rock River at Moline going above the moderate flood stage level of 13 feet around 3 am CDT July 27. It crested around 14.2 feet around 1 pm CDT July 28.
Read the full account →A large system of low pressure produced widespread thunderstorms which impacted northern Illinois on the 18th. The storms produced damaging winds and torrential rainfall leading to instances of minor flooding during the early afternoon with additional heavy rain continuing into…
Read the full account →A large system of low pressure produced widespread thunderstorms which impacted northern Illinois on the 18th. The storms produced damaging winds and torrential rainfall leading to instances of minor flooding during the early afternoon with additional heavy rain continuing into…
Read the full account →A large system of low pressure produced widespread thunderstorms which impacted northern Illinois on the 18th. The storms produced damaging winds and torrential rainfall leading to instances of minor flooding during the early afternoon with additional heavy rain continuing into…
Read the full account →A large system of low pressure produced widespread thunderstorms which impacted northern Illinois on the 18th. The storms produced damaging winds and torrential rainfall leading to instances of minor flooding during the early afternoon with additional heavy rain continuing into…
Read the full account →A large system of low pressure produced widespread thunderstorms which impacted northern Illinois on the 18th. The storms produced damaging winds and torrential rainfall leading to instances of minor flooding during the early afternoon with additional heavy rain continuing into…
Read the full account →A large system of low pressure produced widespread thunderstorms which impacted northern Illinois on the 18th. The storms produced damaging winds and torrential rainfall leading to instances of minor flooding during the early afternoon with additional heavy rain continuing into…
Read the full account →A large system of low pressure produced widespread thunderstorms which impacted northern Illinois on the 18th. The storms produced damaging winds and torrential rainfall leading to instances of minor flooding during the early afternoon with additional heavy rain continuing into…
Read the full account →A large system of low pressure produced widespread thunderstorms which impacted northern Illinois on the 18th. The storms produced damaging winds and torrential rainfall leading to instances of minor flooding during the early afternoon with additional heavy rain continuing into…
Read the full account →The Mississippi River was above flood stage at the Thebes gage for most of the month. The flooding was minor to moderate, confined to unprotected bottomlands and adjacent access roads.
Read the full account →The Mississippi River was above flood stage at the Thebes gage for most of the month. The flooding was minor to moderate, confined to unprotected bottomlands and adjacent access roads.
Read the full account →The Mississippi River was above flood stage at the Thebes gage for most of the month. The flooding was minor to moderate, confined to unprotected bottomlands and adjacent access roads.
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.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall shortly before Christmas caused sharp rises on regional rivers. The heavy rainfall was caused by a slow-moving cold front that passed across the Lower Ohio and Mid Mississippi Valleys between the 20th and 22nd.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall shortly before Christmas caused sharp rises on regional rivers. The heavy rainfall was caused by a slow-moving cold front that passed across the Lower Ohio and Mid Mississippi Valleys between the 20th and 22nd.
Read the full account →Storms that developed in the afternoon hours continued into the evening across far Northeast Missouri and a part of West Central Illinois and produced heavy rain.
Read the full account →Heavy rains during the last four days of April resulted in the La Moine River near Colmar going above the moderate flood stage level of 22 feet on May 1 around 9:30 am. It crested around 22.8 feet around 2 am May 2.
Read the full account →Heavy rains during the last four days of April resulted in the La Moine River near Colmar going above the moderate flood stage level of 22 feet on May 1 around 9:30 am. It crested around 22.8 feet around 2 am May 2.
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 →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 →Several waves of low pressure tracking along a nearly stationary frontal boundary draped along I-70 triggered a band of showers and thunderstorms across central Illinois during the afternoon of September 4th. The band developed along I-72 and produced rainfall of 1.50 to 2.50.
Read the full account →Rain that fell during the month of June across Minnesota and Wisconsin caused rises on the Mississippi River, along the Iowa and Illinois border.
Read the full account →Rain that fell during the month of June across Minnesota and Wisconsin caused rises on the Mississippi River, along the Iowa and Illinois border.
Read the full account →Rain that fell during the month of June across Minnesota and Wisconsin caused rises on the Mississippi River, along the Iowa and Illinois border.
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