2,067 first-hand accounts of flood events in Illinois, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A line of thunderstorms preceding a cold front dropped into north-central Illinois during the pre-dawn hours of July 15th. Several cells trained over the same locations, with Doppler radar rainfall estimates of 2 to 4 inches across southern Marshall County.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms tracked eastward from Missouri across southern Illinois. A deep upper-level low pressure system sank southeast into the far southwestern U.S., pumping plenty of Pacific moisture northeast into the mid Mississippi River Valley as a cold front settled…
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms developed in advance of an approaching warm front during the morning of August 9th. Several of the storms produced locally heavy rainfall, with one of the cells dropping a Doppler radar estimated 3 to 6 inches of rain across portions of Crawford County.
Read the full account →Low pressure interacting with an unseasonably warm and humid environment triggered scattered strong thunderstorms across central Illinois during the afternoon and early evening of October 7th.
Read the full account →An upper-level disturbance interacting with a nearly stationary frontal boundary triggered clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms across central and southeast Illinois during the afternoon and evening of July 3rd.
Read the full account →An upper-level disturbance interacting with a nearly stationary frontal boundary triggered clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms across central and southeast Illinois during the afternoon and evening of July 3rd.
Read the full account →March brought a return to warmer weather with an active spring-like pattern. There were a couple rounds of heavier rain, somewhere within the Mississippi basin, regionally that contributed to additional river flooding.
Read the full account →March brought a return to warmer weather with an active spring-like pattern. There were a couple rounds of heavier rain, somewhere within the Mississippi basin, regionally that contributed to additional river flooding.
Read the full account →A slow-moving frontal boundary triggered a couple bands of showers and thunderstorms across southeast Illinois from late morning through mid-afternoon of August 3rd.
Read the full account →A slow-moving frontal boundary triggered a couple bands of showers and thunderstorms across southeast Illinois from late morning through mid-afternoon of August 3rd.
Read the full account →A cold front triggered bands of strong to severe thunderstorms across west-central Illinois during the evening of June 25th. Some of the cells produced wind gusts up to 60mph, resulting in scattered wind damage.
Read the full account →A cold front triggered bands of strong to severe thunderstorms across west-central Illinois during the evening of June 25th. Some of the cells produced wind gusts up to 60mph, resulting in scattered wind damage.
Read the full account →A cold front triggered bands of strong to severe thunderstorms across west-central Illinois during the evening of June 25th. Some of the cells produced wind gusts up to 60mph, resulting in scattered wind damage.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms increased in coverage and intensity through the day as daytime heating destabilized the atmosphere. The slow-moving storms occurred near a stalled frontal boundary that extended from northeast Missouri across southern Illinois to central Kentucky.
Read the full account →Low pressure tracking along a nearly stationary frontal boundary triggered scattered slow-moving showers and thunderstorms during the early morning of July 3rd. Some of the cells dropped as much as 2.50 to 3.50 in a short period of time in Normal in McLean County.
Read the full account →A weak low pressure system moved into northeast Indiana, with a slow moving cold front extending southeast through central Illinois. Widespread showers and thunderstorms developed south of I-72 and moved east during the morning.
Read the full account →A persistent band of moderate to heavy rain fell across Iowa, northeast Missouri, and northern Illinois the afternoon and early evening of May 28th. This band of rain brought some flash flooding to in northwest Illinois.
Read the full account →A persistent band of moderate to heavy rain fell across Iowa, northeast Missouri, and northern Illinois the afternoon and early evening of May 28th. This band of rain brought some flash flooding to in northwest Illinois.
Read the full account →A series of heavy rainfall events in late December and early January sent the Wabash River and large portions of the Ohio River above flood stage. The river flooding was minor.
Read the full account →A series of heavy rainfall events in late December and early January sent the Wabash River and large portions of the Ohio River above flood stage. The river flooding was minor.
Read the full account →A series of heavy rainfall events in late December and early January sent the Wabash River and large portions of the Ohio River above flood stage. The river flooding was minor.
Read the full account →A series of heavy rainfall events in late December and early January sent the Wabash River and large portions of the Ohio River above flood stage. The river flooding was minor.
Read the full account →A series of heavy rainfall events in late December and early January sent the Wabash River and large portions of the Ohio River above flood stage. The river flooding was minor.
Read the full account →A series of heavy rainfall events in late December and early January sent the Wabash River and large portions of the Ohio River above flood stage. The river flooding was minor.
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