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 drifted slowly southeast across southern Illinois on the 27th, then stalled over the Tennessee Valley on the 28th. The front returned north as a warm front and stalled over the Ohio Valley on the 29th.
Read the full account →A slow-moving cold front drifted slowly southeast across southern Illinois on the 27th, then stalled over the Tennessee Valley on the 28th. The front returned north as a warm front and stalled over the Ohio Valley on the 29th.
Read the full account →A slow-moving cold front drifted slowly southeast across southern Illinois on the 27th, then stalled over the Tennessee Valley on the 28th. The front returned north as a warm front and stalled over the Ohio Valley on the 29th.
Read the full account →A slow-moving cold front drifted slowly southeast across southern Illinois on the 27th, then stalled over the Tennessee Valley on the 28th. The front returned north as a warm front and stalled over the Ohio Valley on the 29th.
Read the full account →A slow-moving cold front drifted slowly southeast across southern Illinois on the 27th, then stalled over the Tennessee Valley on the 28th. The front returned north as a warm front and stalled over the Ohio Valley on the 29th.
Read the full account →Episodes of heavy rainfall of about 5 to 15 inches in a 10 day period fell across much of northeast Iowa and southwest Wisconsin. This caused the Mississippi River to rise above major flood stage from Keithsburg to Burlington about two weeks later.
Read the full account →Episodes of heavy rainfall of about 5 to 15 inches in a 10 day period fell across much of northeast Iowa and southwest Wisconsin. This caused the Mississippi River to rise above major flood stage from Keithsburg to Burlington about two weeks later.
Read the full account →A warm and humid air mass was in place across northwest Illinois on August 28, 2016. Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and continued into the evening hours in the vicinity of stationary front that along Interstate 80.
Read the full account →A warm and humid air mass was in place across northwest Illinois on August 28, 2016. Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and continued into the evening hours in the vicinity of stationary front that along Interstate 80.
Read the full account →A warm and humid air mass was in place across northwest Illinois on August 28, 2016. Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and continued into the evening hours in the vicinity of stationary front that along Interstate 80.
Read the full account →A warm and humid air mass was in place across northwest Illinois on August 28, 2016. Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and continued into the evening hours in the vicinity of stationary front that along Interstate 80.
Read the full account →After a very snowy winter across the upper Midwest and numerous rounds of heavy rain across the Missouri and Mississippi River basins through the spring and early summer months, the rivers rose to record levels.
Read the full account →After a very snowy winter across the upper Midwest and numerous rounds of heavy rain across the Missouri and Mississippi River basins through the spring and early summer months, the rivers rose to record levels.
Read the full account →After an early morning flash flood event in eastern Iowa, with some damaging winds near the Mississippi River into far northwest Illinois, a line of slow moving supercell thunderstorms moved southeast from northern Iowa, into portions of eastern Iowa the evening of June 9th.
Read the full account →After an early morning flash flood event in eastern Iowa, with some damaging winds near the Mississippi River into far northwest Illinois, a line of slow moving supercell thunderstorms moved southeast from northern Iowa, into portions of eastern Iowa the evening of June 9th.
Read the full account →During the evening, clusters of storms developed just north of a surface warm front that extended from the Missouri bootheel northeastward along the Ohio River.
Read the full account →During the evening, clusters of storms developed just north of a surface warm front that extended from the Missouri bootheel northeastward along the Ohio River.
Read the full account →During the evening, clusters of storms developed just north of a surface warm front that extended from the Missouri bootheel northeastward along the Ohio River.
Read the full account →During the evening, clusters of storms developed just north of a surface warm front that extended from the Missouri bootheel northeastward along the Ohio River.
Read the full account →As a low pressure center moved through eastern Kansas, a warm front lifted slowly north into the lower Ohio Valley. Large areas of showers and thunderstorms accompanied this front. A few storms produced hail, including an isolated occurrence of large hail.
Read the full account →The Mississippi River remained high through the month of April due to a combination of snow melt and several rounds of heavy rain. Rain in the second half of the month caused the Mississippi River to rise back above major flood stage during the last week of April.
Read the full account →The Mississippi River remained high through the month of April due to a combination of snow melt and several rounds of heavy rain. Rain in the second half of the month caused the Mississippi River to rise back above major flood stage during the last week of April.
Read the full account →The Mississippi River remained high through the month of April due to a combination of snow melt and several rounds of heavy rain. Rain in the second half of the month caused the Mississippi River to rise back above major flood stage during the last week of April.
Read the full account →The Mississippi River remained high through the month of April due to a combination of snow melt and several rounds of heavy rain. Rain in the second half of the month caused the Mississippi River to rise back above major flood stage during the last week of April.
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