2,067 first-hand accounts of flood events in Illinois, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Flooding along parts of the Mississippi River surpassed the Great Flood of 1993. Along most other rivers, the flooding was relatively minor. The Governor of Illinois declared some counties disaster areas, including the Mississippi River counties of Alexander and Jackson.
Read the full account →Flooding along parts of the Mississippi River surpassed the Great Flood of 1993. Along most other rivers, the flooding was relatively minor. The Governor of Illinois declared some counties disaster areas, including the Mississippi River counties of Alexander and Jackson.
Read the full account →Between the 20th and the 25th, a quasi-stationary front sagged south across the Lower Ohio Valley. It then lifted back north as an area of low pressure developed on the front and moved northeast. Widespread showers with moderate to heavy rain fell during this time period.
Read the full account →Between the 20th and the 25th, a quasi-stationary front sagged south across the Lower Ohio Valley. It then lifted back north as an area of low pressure developed on the front and moved northeast. Widespread showers with moderate to heavy rain fell during this time period.
Read the full account →Between the 20th and the 25th, a quasi-stationary front sagged south across the Lower Ohio Valley. It then lifted back north as an area of low pressure developed on the front and moved northeast. Widespread showers with moderate to heavy rain fell during this time period.
Read the full account →Between the 20th and the 25th, a quasi-stationary front sagged south across the Lower Ohio Valley. It then lifted back north as an area of low pressure developed on the front and moved northeast. Widespread showers with moderate to heavy rain fell during this time period.
Read the full account →Between the 20th and the 25th, a quasi-stationary front sagged south across the Lower Ohio Valley. It then lifted back north as an area of low pressure developed on the front and moved northeast. Widespread showers with moderate to heavy rain fell during this time period.
Read the full account →A series of thunderstorm complexes over a period of several days resulted in locally significant flash flooding. A cold front stalled across the Lower Ohio and Mid-Mississippi Valleys, where tropical moisture was already in place.
Read the full account →A series of thunderstorm complexes over a period of several days resulted in locally significant flash flooding. A cold front stalled across the Lower Ohio and Mid-Mississippi Valleys, where tropical moisture was already in place.
Read the full account →An approaching cold front triggered thunderstorms across central Illinois during the late afternoon and evening of August 12th. Due to copious amounts of moisture in the atmosphere and the slow-moving nature of the storms, extremely heavy rain fell along and just west of I-55.
Read the full account →A series of thunderstorm complexes over a period of several days resulted in locally significant flash flooding. A cold front stalled across the Lower Ohio and Mid-Mississippi Valleys, where tropical moisture was already in place.
Read the full account →A series of thunderstorm complexes over a period of several days resulted in locally significant flash flooding. A cold front stalled across the Lower Ohio and Mid-Mississippi Valleys, where tropical moisture was already in place.
Read the full account →A series of thunderstorm complexes over a period of several days resulted in locally significant flash flooding. A cold front stalled across the Lower Ohio and Mid-Mississippi Valleys, where tropical moisture was already in place.
Read the full account →An upper-level disturbance interacting with a stalled frontal boundary along the I-70 corridor triggered scattered strong to severe thunderstorms across portions of central and southeast Illinois during the afternoon of August 26th.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms were moving across portions of northeast Illinois during the morning of July 19th producing mainly heavy rain. A second line of severe thunderstorms then moved across northeast and central Illinois during the late morning of July 19th producing wind…
Read the full account →Elevated convection developed in response to low level moisture convergence just north of a slowly retreating warm front. With very high precipitable water values in excess of 2 inches, this created very heavy rainfall rates as the storms trained over the same locations for over…
Read the full account →Elevated convection developed in response to low level moisture convergence just north of a slowly retreating warm front. With very high precipitable water values in excess of 2 inches, this created very heavy rainfall rates as the storms trained over the same locations for over…
Read the full account →Elevated convection developed in response to low level moisture convergence just north of a slowly retreating warm front. With very high precipitable water values in excess of 2 inches, this created very heavy rainfall rates as the storms trained over the same locations for over…
Read the full account →Elevated convection developed in response to low level moisture convergence just north of a slowly retreating warm front. With very high precipitable water values in excess of 2 inches, this created very heavy rainfall rates as the storms trained over the same locations for over…
Read the full account →Elevated convection developed in response to low level moisture convergence just north of a slowly retreating warm front. With very high precipitable water values in excess of 2 inches, this created very heavy rainfall rates as the storms trained over the same locations for over…
Read the full account →Elevated convection developed in response to low level moisture convergence just north of a slowly retreating warm front. With very high precipitable water values in excess of 2 inches, this created very heavy rainfall rates as the storms trained over the same locations for over…
Read the full account →During the late afternoon of Thursday, July 7th, scattered storms developed across northern Illinois and slowly moved east-northeast. As the storms grew, their slow movement helped to produce locally heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →During the late afternoon of Thursday, July 7th, scattered storms developed across northern Illinois and slowly moved east-northeast. As the storms grew, their slow movement helped to produce locally heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →A series of heavy rainfall events in mid and late May caused the mainstem Mississippi, Ohio, and Wabash Rivers to rise back above flood stage. The flooding was minor, consisting of flooded fields, low-lying access roads, and some riverside parkland.
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