2,067 first-hand accounts of flood events in Illinois, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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.
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 →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 →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 →A cold front dropping slowly southward from the Upper Midwest interacted with a hot and humid airmass to trigger thunderstorms across north-central Illinois during the late afternoon and evening of June 10th.
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 →Clusters of thunderstorms developed along a nearly stationary frontal boundary extending along the I-70 corridor during the late evening of June 25th. Many of the storms produced high rainfall rates, depositing between 2 and 5 inches of rain in a short amount of time.
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 →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 →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 →A cold front dropping slowly southward from the Upper Midwest interacted with a hot and humid airmass to trigger thunderstorms across north-central Illinois during the late afternoon and evening of June 10th.
Read the full account →Clusters of thunderstorms developed along a nearly stationary frontal boundary extending along the I-70 corridor during the late evening of June 25th. Many of the storms produced high rainfall rates, depositing between 2 and 5 inches of rain in a short amount of time.
Read the full account →Clusters of thunderstorms developed along a nearly stationary frontal boundary extending along the I-70 corridor during the late evening of June 25th. Many of the storms produced high rainfall rates, depositing between 2 and 5 inches of rain in a short amount of time.
Read the full account →A cold front dropping slowly southward from the Upper Midwest interacted with a hot and humid airmass to trigger thunderstorms across north-central Illinois during the late afternoon and evening of June 10th.
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 →A cold front interacting with a warm and very humid airmass triggered several lines of strong to severe thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening of June 7th.
Read the full account →A cold front interacting with a warm and very humid airmass triggered several lines of strong to severe thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening of June 7th.
Read the full account →A cold front interacting with a warm and very humid airmass triggered several lines of strong to severe thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening of June 7th.
Read the full account →A cold front interacting with a warm and very humid airmass triggered several lines of strong to severe thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening of June 7th.
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 →A complex of thunderstorms over east-central Missouri moved and redeveloped southeast across southern Illinois. The activity developed near and north of an east-west oriented convective outflow boundary. The boundary sagged southward through a moderately unstable air mass.
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