2,067 first-hand accounts of flood events in Illinois, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 →Due to 6-day rainfall amounts of 5 to 7 inches, the Embarras River spilled out of its banks in many locations across Jasper and Crawford Counties. The river crested in moderate flood stage at 25.56 feet at Ste.
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.
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.
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 →Significant flooding developed after two thunderstorm complexes crossed southern Illinois, bringing 72-hour rainfall totals to nearly one foot in isolated locations. A large complex of thunderstorms moved southeast across southern Illinois during the evening hours of the 29th.
Read the full account →Significant flooding developed after two thunderstorm complexes crossed southern Illinois, bringing 72-hour rainfall totals to nearly one foot in isolated locations. A large complex of thunderstorms moved southeast across southern Illinois during the evening hours of the 29th.
Read the full account →Significant flooding developed after two thunderstorm complexes crossed southern Illinois, bringing 72-hour rainfall totals to nearly one foot in isolated locations. A large complex of thunderstorms moved southeast across southern Illinois during the evening hours of the 29th.
Read the full account →A cluster of strong to severe thunderstorms developed in advance of an area of low pressure across southeast Iowa during the afternoon of May 10th.
Read the full account →A cluster of strong to severe thunderstorms developed in advance of an area of low pressure across southeast Iowa during the afternoon of May 10th.
Read the full account →Significant flooding developed after two thunderstorm complexes crossed southern Illinois, bringing 72-hour rainfall totals to nearly one foot in isolated locations. A large complex of thunderstorms moved southeast across southern Illinois during the evening hours of the 29th.
Read the full account →Short lines of thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front that extended from the Chicago area southwest across the eastern Ozark Mountains of south central Missouri.
Read the full account →A cluster of strong to severe thunderstorms developed in advance of an area of low pressure across southeast Iowa during the afternoon of May 10th.
Read the full account →A cluster of strong to severe thunderstorms developed in advance of an area of low pressure across southeast Iowa during the afternoon of May 10th.
Read the full account →Short lines of thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front that extended from the Chicago area southwest across the eastern Ozark Mountains of south central Missouri.
Read the full account →A cluster of strong to severe thunderstorms developed in advance of an area of low pressure across southeast Iowa during the afternoon of May 10th.
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