2,067 first-hand accounts of flood events in Illinois, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Persistent thunderstorms resulted in a narrow band of very heavy rainfall from Fulton, Kentucky to around Paducah. Although rainfall amounts decreased slightly in Massac County, considerable flooding of streets and low-lying areas occurred.
Read the full account →Strong thunderstorms dumping 3 to nearly 5 inches of heavy rain over East Central Iowa and Northwest Illinois caused minor urban flooding in and around the city of Galena.
Read the full account →An unseasonably strong upper level storm system combined with a near semi-moist atmosphere to produce scattered thunderstorms. A lone storm pulsed severe in east central Iowa and produced marginally severe hail.
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 →The Ohio River was above flood stage for virtually the entire month from Grand Chain to the confluence of the Mississippi River at Cairo. Major flooding occurred from Grand Chain to Cairo, where flooding was the worst since the Flood of 1997.
Read the full account →A weak low pressure system was located in central Missouri, with a slow moving warm front draped across southern Illinois. Widespread thunderstorms developed along the warm front during the pre-dawn hours, with the complex tracking southeast during the morning.
Read the full account →A weak low pressure system was located in central Missouri, with a slow moving warm front draped across southern Illinois. Widespread thunderstorms developed along the warm front during the pre-dawn hours, with the complex tracking southeast during the morning.
Read the full account →A stationary frontal boundary extending from southern Lake Michigan to northern Missouri triggered clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms across portions of central Illinois during the evening of June 3rd into the pre-dawn hours of June 4th.
Read the full account →A stationary frontal boundary extending from southern Lake Michigan to northern Missouri triggered clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms across portions of central Illinois during the evening of June 3rd into the pre-dawn hours of June 4th.
Read the full account →A weak low pressure system was located in southwestern Illinois on the afternoon of July 8, 2022, with a stationary front draped near the I-70 corridor.
Read the full account →A weak low pressure system was located in southwestern Illinois on the afternoon of July 8, 2022, with a stationary front draped near the I-70 corridor.
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorms produced wind damage and heavy rainfall as the storms sagged southeastward across northwest Illinois on the evening of July 14th.
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorms produced wind damage and heavy rainfall as the storms sagged southeastward across northwest Illinois on the evening of July 14th.
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 →Thunderstorms with very heavy rain repeatedly moved over the same counties during the evening. Rainfall amounts from 2 to 4 inches were common.
Read the full account →A slow-moving cold front interacted with a warm and moist environment to trigger clusters of thunderstorms across north-central Illinois during the late afternoon and evening of June 6th.
Read the full account →A slow-moving cold front interacted with a warm and moist environment to trigger clusters of thunderstorms across north-central Illinois during the late afternoon and evening of June 6th.
Read the full account →A rapidly developing low pressure system moved northeastward through the Quad State region from the evening of the 28th through the morning of the 29th.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms producing copious amounts of rainfall impacted the southern sections of Morgan and Sangamon counties during the afternoon of May 16th.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms producing copious amounts of rainfall impacted the southern sections of Morgan and Sangamon counties during the afternoon of May 16th.
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 →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 →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 →Localized flooding occurred in association with a thunderstorm complex over southeast Illinois and the lower Wabash Valley. Numerous showers and thunderstorms occurred on the leading edge of a southwest wind flow of warm and moist air.
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