2,067 first-hand accounts of flood events in Illinois, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A slow-moving cold front interacting with an unseasonably warm and humid airmass triggered several rounds of thunderstorms across west-central Illinois during the afternoon and evening of October 14th.
Read the full account →Multiple rounds of thunderstorms moved across northern Illinois on October 14th producing very heavy rainfall and some flooding. Severe thunderstorms moved across northern Illinois during the late evening of October 14th.
Read the full account →Multiple rounds of thunderstorms moved across northern Illinois on October 14th producing very heavy rainfall and some flooding. Severe thunderstorms moved across northern Illinois during the late evening of October 14th.
Read the full account →An area of heavy rain and thunderstorms moved over southeast Iowa and west central Illinois, the evening of May 6th. This brought up to 2 inches of rain, which fell on saturated soils and on an area already set up to fight flooding from the ongoing Mississippi River flood.
Read the full account →Another round of heavy rainfall occurred across central and southeast Illinois on May 4th, as an area of low pressure tracked from the Texas panhandle to southwest Indiana.
Read the full account →Another round of heavy rainfall occurred across central and southeast Illinois on May 4th, as an area of low pressure tracked from the Texas panhandle to southwest Indiana.
Read the full account →Another round of heavy rainfall occurred across central and southeast Illinois on May 4th, as an area of low pressure tracked from the Texas panhandle to southwest Indiana.
Read the full account →Another round of heavy rainfall occurred across central and southeast Illinois on May 4th, as an area of low pressure tracked from the Texas panhandle to southwest Indiana.
Read the full account →Another round of heavy rainfall occurred across central and southeast Illinois on May 4th, as an area of low pressure tracked from the Texas panhandle to southwest Indiana.
Read the full account →Another round of heavy rainfall occurred across central and southeast Illinois on May 4th, as an area of low pressure tracked from the Texas panhandle to southwest Indiana.
Read the full account →Another round of heavy rainfall occurred across central and southeast Illinois on May 4th, as an area of low pressure tracked from the Texas panhandle to southwest Indiana.
Read the full account →Another round of heavy rainfall occurred across central and southeast Illinois on May 4th, as an area of low pressure tracked from the Texas panhandle to southwest Indiana.
Read the full account →Another round of heavy rainfall occurred across central and southeast Illinois on May 4th, as an area of low pressure tracked from the Texas panhandle to southwest Indiana.
Read the full account →Another round of heavy rainfall occurred across central and southeast Illinois on May 4th, as an area of low pressure tracked from the Texas panhandle to southwest Indiana.
Read the full account →Another round of heavy rainfall occurred across central and southeast Illinois on May 4th, as an area of low pressure tracked from the Texas panhandle to southwest Indiana.
Read the full account →Another round of heavy rainfall occurred across central and southeast Illinois on May 4th, as an area of low pressure tracked from the Texas panhandle to southwest Indiana.
Read the full account →Another round of heavy rainfall occurred across central and southeast Illinois on May 4th, as an area of low pressure tracked from the Texas panhandle to southwest Indiana.
Read the full account →Another round of heavy rainfall occurred across central and southeast Illinois on May 4th, as an area of low pressure tracked from the Texas panhandle to southwest Indiana.
Read the full account →Another round of heavy rainfall occurred across central and southeast Illinois on May 4th, as an area of low pressure tracked from the Texas panhandle to southwest Indiana.
Read the full account →Another round of heavy rainfall occurred across central and southeast Illinois on May 4th, as an area of low pressure tracked from the Texas panhandle to southwest Indiana.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall impacted central and southeast Illinois from April 29th into April 30th...creating widespread flash flooding. The rain developed as numerous weak impulses interacted with a stationary frontal boundary draped along I-70.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall impacted central and southeast Illinois from April 29th into April 30th...creating widespread flash flooding. The rain developed as numerous weak impulses interacted with a stationary frontal boundary draped along I-70.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall impacted central and southeast Illinois from April 29th into April 30th...creating widespread flash flooding. The rain developed as numerous weak impulses interacted with a stationary frontal boundary draped along I-70.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall impacted central and southeast Illinois from April 29th into April 30th...creating widespread flash flooding. The rain developed as numerous weak impulses interacted with a stationary frontal boundary draped along I-70.
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