2,067 first-hand accounts of flood events in Illinois, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 →As a surface low pressure system tracked northwest of Illinois, semi-discrete thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front. These storms produced scattered large hail, as well as damaging winds, across west-central and central Illinois.
Read the full account →Minor flooding occurred along sections of the Ohio River. The flooding was due to a series of frontal passages that brought showers and thunderstorms on ground that was already very moist.
Read the full account →December was among the wettest Decembers of record. River flooding continued for the entire month along portions of the Wabash River. The heaviest and most widespread rain event of the month occurred on the 4th and 5th, when 3 to 4 inches was common.
Read the full account →Several waves of low pressure tracking along a nearly stationary frontal boundary draped along the I-70 corridor brought heavy rainfall to portions of central Illinois on April 30th.
Read the full account →A line of thunderstorms developed early in the morning from western Arkansas into south central Missouri ahead of a strong cold front. This line of storms intensified as it moved east-northeast across the mid Mississippi Valley later in the morning.
Read the full account →An advancing warm front brought widespread showers and thunderstorms to central Illinois during the early morning of June 22nd. The rainfall was heaviest along a Jacksonville...to Taylorville...to Shelbyville line where amounts of 3 to 4 inches were common.
Read the full account →A cold front draped along the Illinois-Wisconsin border triggered a broken line of strong to severe thunderstorms on June 5th. Numerous gust fronts surged ahead of the storms causing 50-60 mph winds and scattered damage.
Read the full account →An advancing warm front brought widespread showers and thunderstorms to central Illinois during the early morning of June 22nd. The rainfall was heaviest along a Jacksonville...to Taylorville...to Shelbyville line where amounts of 3 to 4 inches were common.
Read the full account →An advancing warm front brought widespread showers and thunderstorms to central Illinois during the early morning of June 22nd. The rainfall was heaviest along a Jacksonville...to Taylorville...to Shelbyville line where amounts of 3 to 4 inches were common.
Read the full account →Loosely organized clusters of thunderstorms produced locally very heavy rain and isolated large hail. A mesoscale vorticity center from earlier thunderstorms moved eastward across southern Missouri during the afternoon.
Read the full account →A severe weather outbreak occurred during the afternoon and early evening hours. An organized line of severe thunderstorms formed over the central Plains states during the night of the 20th. This bowing line of storms progressed southeast across the St.
Read the full account →A severe weather outbreak occurred during the afternoon and early evening hours. An organized line of severe thunderstorms formed over the central Plains states during the night of the 20th. This bowing line of storms progressed southeast across the St.
Read the full account →As strong solar heating destabilized the atmosphere, numerous clusters of intense thunderstorms blossomed from southeast Missouri to southwest Indiana. The main impact associated with these storms was flash flooding.
Read the full account →As strong solar heating destabilized the atmosphere, numerous clusters of intense thunderstorms blossomed from southeast Missouri to southwest Indiana. The main impact associated with these storms was flash flooding.
Read the full account →As strong solar heating destabilized the atmosphere, numerous clusters of intense thunderstorms blossomed from southeast Missouri to southwest Indiana. The main impact associated with these storms was flash flooding.
Read the full account →An advancing warm front brought widespread showers and thunderstorms to central Illinois during the early morning of June 22nd. The rainfall was heaviest along a Jacksonville...to Taylorville...to Shelbyville line where amounts of 3 to 4 inches were common.
Read the full account →Several clusters of thunderstorms developed along a nearly stationary frontal boundary draped across central Illinois during the late afternoon and evening of May 29th.
Read the full account →Low pressure tracking slowly northeastward along the I-70 corridor triggered several waves of showers and thunderstorms across central Illinois during the morning of September 1st.
Read the full account →A cluster of strong to severe thunderstorms developed over the Interstate 64 corridor of southern Illinois during the evening. These storms produced locally damaging wind and isolated flash flooding as they drifted slowly eastward.
Read the full account →A cluster of strong to severe thunderstorms developed over the Interstate 64 corridor of southern Illinois during the evening. These storms produced locally damaging wind and isolated flash flooding as they drifted slowly eastward.
Read the full account →Several clusters of thunderstorms developed along a nearly stationary frontal boundary draped across central Illinois during the late afternoon and evening of May 29th.
Read the full account →Several clusters of thunderstorms developed along a nearly stationary frontal boundary draped across central Illinois during the late afternoon and evening of May 29th.
Read the full account →Several clusters of thunderstorms developed along a nearly stationary frontal boundary draped across central Illinois during the late afternoon and evening of May 29th.
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