2,067 first-hand accounts of flood events in Illinois, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 →Strong easterly winds produced high waves which combined with high lake levels produced lake shore flooding. In Highland Park, further beach erosion caused additional damage to a parking lot at Park Avenue Beach.
Read the full account →Isolated slow-moving thunderstorms with locally heavy rainfall developed across portions of central Illinois during the early morning hours of August 28th.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms developed across northern Illinois during the evening hours of June 26th producing large hail and wind damage. These thunderstorms then produced heavy rain which caused flash flooding in the southern suburbs of the Chicago Metro area into the early…
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms developed across northern Illinois during the evening hours of June 26th producing large hail and wind damage. These thunderstorms then produced heavy rain which caused flash flooding in the southern suburbs of the Chicago Metro area into the early…
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms developed across northern Illinois during the evening hours of June 26th producing large hail and wind damage. These thunderstorms then produced heavy rain which caused flash flooding in the southern suburbs of the Chicago Metro area into the early…
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms developed across northern Illinois during the evening hours of June 26th producing large hail and wind damage. These thunderstorms then produced heavy rain which caused flash flooding in the southern suburbs of the Chicago Metro area into the early…
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms developed across northern Illinois during the evening hours of June 26th producing large hail and wind damage. These thunderstorms then produced heavy rain which caused flash flooding in the southern suburbs of the Chicago Metro area into the early…
Read the full account →Rain bands associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Bill produced isolated tornadoes and locally very heavy rainfall. The convective character of the bands increased during the afternoon due to short intervals of sunshine that destabilized the atmosphere.
Read the full account →Rain bands associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Bill produced isolated tornadoes and locally very heavy rainfall. The convective character of the bands increased during the afternoon due to short intervals of sunshine that destabilized the atmosphere.
Read the full account →Rain bands associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Bill produced isolated tornadoes and locally very heavy rainfall. The convective character of the bands increased during the afternoon due to short intervals of sunshine that destabilized the atmosphere.
Read the full account →Rain bands associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Bill produced isolated tornadoes and locally very heavy rainfall. The convective character of the bands increased during the afternoon due to short intervals of sunshine that destabilized the atmosphere.
Read the full account →An upper-level disturbance interacting with a stationary frontal boundary brought a round of showers and thunderstorms to portions of central Illinois during the late afternoon and evening of June 14th.
Read the full account →Widespread rain occurred across central and southeast Illinois from June 19th through June 20th as remnants of Tropical Storm Bill tracked slowly northeastward from the Ozarks into the Ohio River Valley.
Read the full account →Widespread rain occurred across central and southeast Illinois from June 19th through June 20th as remnants of Tropical Storm Bill tracked slowly northeastward from the Ozarks into the Ohio River Valley.
Read the full account →Widespread rain occurred across central and southeast Illinois from June 19th through June 20th as remnants of Tropical Storm Bill tracked slowly northeastward from the Ozarks into the Ohio River Valley.
Read the full account →Widespread rain occurred across central and southeast Illinois from June 19th through June 20th as remnants of Tropical Storm Bill tracked slowly northeastward from the Ozarks into the Ohio River Valley.
Read the full account →Widespread rain occurred across central and southeast Illinois from June 19th through June 20th as remnants of Tropical Storm Bill tracked slowly northeastward from the Ozarks into the Ohio River Valley.
Read the full account →Widespread rain occurred across central and southeast Illinois from June 19th through June 20th as remnants of Tropical Storm Bill tracked slowly northeastward from the Ozarks into the Ohio River Valley.
Read the full account →Widespread rain occurred across central and southeast Illinois from June 19th through June 20th as remnants of Tropical Storm Bill tracked slowly northeastward from the Ozarks into the Ohio River Valley.
Read the full account →Low pressure tracking across north-central Illinois triggered widespread showers and thunderstorms during the evening of June 28th. Some of the storms produced damaging wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph and hail as large as ping-pong balls.
Read the full account →Low pressure tracking across north-central Illinois triggered widespread showers and thunderstorms during the evening of June 28th. Some of the storms produced damaging wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph and hail as large as ping-pong balls.
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