2,067 first-hand accounts of flood events in Illinois, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 →During the first week of the month, two storm systems moved out of the southern Plains. Scattered showers and thunderstorms brought around an inch of rain on average, while a few locations received up to 2.5 inches.
Read the full account →Pockets of flash flooding occurred across southern Illinois. A narrow swath of torrential rainfall occurred from Cape Girardeau, MO northeast across the Marion/Carbondale area, where streets were closed.
Read the full account →Pockets of flash flooding occurred across southern Illinois. A narrow swath of torrential rainfall occurred from Cape Girardeau, MO northeast across the Marion/Carbondale area, where streets were closed.
Read the full account →Pockets of flash flooding occurred across southern Illinois. A narrow swath of torrential rainfall occurred from Cape Girardeau, MO northeast across the Marion/Carbondale area, where streets were closed.
Read the full account →Pockets of flash flooding occurred across southern Illinois. A narrow swath of torrential rainfall occurred from Cape Girardeau, MO northeast across the Marion/Carbondale area, where streets were closed.
Read the full account →Pockets of flash flooding occurred across southern Illinois. A narrow swath of torrential rainfall occurred from Cape Girardeau, MO northeast across the Marion/Carbondale area, where streets were closed.
Read the full account →A slow-moving frontal boundary brought very heavy rainfall to central Illinois from Monday, February 19th through Tuesday, February 20th. Many locations east of I-55 and north of I-70 picked up 3 to 5 inches of rain...with locally higher amounts in excess of 6 inches.
Read the full account →A slow-moving frontal boundary brought very heavy rainfall to central Illinois from Monday, February 19th through Tuesday, February 20th. Many locations east of I-55 and north of I-70 picked up 3 to 5 inches of rain...with locally higher amounts in excess of 6 inches.
Read the full account →A series of weak impulses interacted with a stationary frontal boundary extending from northeast Missouri to southwest Indiana to produce several rounds of thunderstorms across south-central Illinois from the evening of June 11th into the morning of June 12th.
Read the full account →A series of weak impulses interacted with a stationary frontal boundary extending from northeast Missouri to southwest Indiana to produce several rounds of thunderstorms across south-central Illinois from the evening of June 11th into the morning of June 12th.
Read the full account →A series of weak impulses interacted with a stationary frontal boundary extending from northeast Missouri to southwest Indiana to produce several rounds of thunderstorms across south-central Illinois from the evening of June 11th into the morning of June 12th.
Read the full account →A series of weak impulses interacted with a stationary frontal boundary extending from northeast Missouri to southwest Indiana to produce several rounds of thunderstorms across south-central Illinois from the evening of June 11th into the morning of June 12th.
Read the full account →A series of weak impulses interacted with a stationary frontal boundary extending from northeast Missouri to southwest Indiana to produce several rounds of thunderstorms across south-central Illinois from the evening of June 11th into the morning of June 12th.
Read the full account →A stationary frontal boundary interacting with an unseasonably moist airmass triggered several clusters of thunderstorms across north-central Illinois during the morning of May 30th.
Read the full account →A stationary frontal boundary interacting with an unseasonably moist airmass triggered several clusters of thunderstorms across north-central Illinois during the morning of May 30th.
Read the full account →A series of weak impulses interacted with a stationary frontal boundary extending from northeast Missouri to southwest Indiana to produce several rounds of thunderstorms across south-central Illinois from the evening of June 11th into the morning of June 12th.
Read the full account →A series of weak impulses interacted with a stationary frontal boundary extending from northeast Missouri to southwest Indiana to produce several rounds of thunderstorms across south-central Illinois from the evening of June 11th into the morning of June 12th.
Read the full account →A series of weak impulses interacted with a stationary frontal boundary extending from northeast Missouri to southwest Indiana to produce several rounds of thunderstorms across south-central Illinois from the evening of June 11th into the morning of June 12th.
Read the full account →A series of weak impulses interacted with a stationary frontal boundary extending from northeast Missouri to southwest Indiana to produce several rounds of thunderstorms across south-central Illinois from the evening of June 11th into the morning of June 12th.
Read the full account →A series of weak impulses interacted with a stationary frontal boundary extending from northeast Missouri to southwest Indiana to produce several rounds of thunderstorms across south-central Illinois from the evening of June 11th into the morning of June 12th.
Read the full account →A series of weak impulses interacted with a stationary frontal boundary extending from northeast Missouri to southwest Indiana to produce several rounds of thunderstorms across south-central Illinois from the evening of June 11th into the morning of June 12th.
Read the full account →A round of strong to severe thunderstorms brought excessive rainfall rates to portions of central Illinois during the evening of June 10th. Another round of thunderstorms developed along and north of a stationary frontal boundary during the pre-dawn hours of June 11th.
Read the full account →A stationary frontal boundary interacting with an unseasonably moist airmass triggered several clusters of thunderstorms across north-central Illinois during the morning of May 30th.
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