2,067 first-hand accounts of flood events in Illinois, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Large clusters of thunderstorms during the early morning hours produced locally excessive rainfall. The storms occurred ahead of a very compact disturbance in the upper levels of the atmosphere over areas of far west central Illinois.
Read the full account →Several waves of low pressure tracking along a nearly stationary frontal boundary brought periods of locally heavy rainfall to central Illinois on January 10th and 11th.
Read the full account →Several waves of low pressure tracking along a nearly stationary frontal boundary brought periods of locally heavy rainfall to central Illinois on January 10th and 11th.
Read the full account →Several waves of low pressure tracking along a nearly stationary frontal boundary brought periods of locally heavy rainfall to central Illinois on January 10th and 11th.
Read the full account →Several waves of low pressure tracking along a nearly stationary frontal boundary brought periods of locally heavy rainfall to central Illinois on January 10th and 11th.
Read the full account →Several waves of low pressure tracking along a nearly stationary frontal boundary brought periods of locally heavy rainfall to central Illinois on January 10th and 11th.
Read the full account →Several waves of low pressure tracking along a nearly stationary frontal boundary brought periods of locally heavy rainfall to central Illinois on January 10th and 11th.
Read the full account →Several waves of low pressure tracking along a nearly stationary frontal boundary brought periods of locally heavy rainfall to central Illinois on January 10th and 11th.
Read the full account →Minor river flooding occurred during early May in response to a few rounds of thunderstorms from late April into early May. The flooding was primarily on the mainstem rivers, such as the Ohio and Mississippi.
Read the full account →Minor river flooding occurred during early May in response to a few rounds of thunderstorms from late April into early May. The flooding was primarily on the mainstem rivers, such as the Ohio and Mississippi.
Read the full account →Minor river flooding occurred during early May in response to a few rounds of thunderstorms from late April into early May. The flooding was primarily on the mainstem rivers, such as the Ohio and Mississippi.
Read the full account →Minor river flooding occurred during early May in response to a few rounds of thunderstorms from late April into early May. The flooding was primarily on the mainstem rivers, such as the Ohio and Mississippi.
Read the full account →Minor river flooding occurred during early May in response to a few rounds of thunderstorms from late April into early May. The flooding was primarily on the mainstem rivers, such as the Ohio and Mississippi.
Read the full account →Heavy rain fell across many areas of northeast Illinois on May 17th producing widespread flooding which continued into May 18th. Two brief tornadoes also occurred during the afternoon of May 17th. Scattered showers produced a few funnel clouds on May 18th.
Read the full account →Heavy rain fell across many areas of northeast Illinois on May 17th producing widespread flooding which continued into May 18th. Two brief tornadoes also occurred during the afternoon of May 17th. Scattered showers produced a few funnel clouds on May 18th.
Read the full account →Heavy rain fell across many areas of northeast Illinois on May 17th producing widespread flooding which continued into May 18th. Two brief tornadoes also occurred during the afternoon of May 17th. Scattered showers produced a few funnel clouds on May 18th.
Read the full account →Heavy rain fell across many areas of northeast Illinois on May 17th producing widespread flooding which continued into May 18th. Two brief tornadoes also occurred during the afternoon of May 17th. Scattered showers produced a few funnel clouds on May 18th.
Read the full account →Heavy rain fell across many areas of northeast Illinois on May 17th producing widespread flooding which continued into May 18th. Two brief tornadoes also occurred during the afternoon of May 17th. Scattered showers produced a few funnel clouds on May 18th.
Read the full account →Heavy rain fell across many areas of northeast Illinois on May 17th producing widespread flooding which continued into May 18th. Two brief tornadoes also occurred during the afternoon of May 17th. Scattered showers produced a few funnel clouds on May 18th.
Read the full account →Heavy rain fell across many areas of northeast Illinois on May 17th producing widespread flooding which continued into May 18th. Two brief tornadoes also occurred during the afternoon of May 17th. Scattered showers produced a few funnel clouds on May 18th.
Read the full account →Scattered severe thunderstorms moved across parts of northern Illinois during the late evening of May 14th. Additional thunderstorms produced heavy rain and localized flash flooding during the late evening of May 14th into the morning of May 15th.
Read the full account →Heavy rain fell across many areas of northeast Illinois on May 17th producing widespread flooding which continued into May 18th. Two brief tornadoes also occurred during the afternoon of May 17th. Scattered showers produced a few funnel clouds on May 18th.
Read the full account →Heavy rain fell across many areas of northeast Illinois on May 17th producing widespread flooding which continued into May 18th. Two brief tornadoes also occurred during the afternoon of May 17th. Scattered showers produced a few funnel clouds on May 18th.
Read the full account →Scattered severe thunderstorms moved across parts of northern Illinois during the late evening of May 14th. Additional thunderstorms produced heavy rain and localized flash flooding during the late evening of May 14th into the morning of May 15th.
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