2,067 first-hand accounts of flood events in Illinois, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A prolonged period of rainfall occurred from the early morning hours of December 26th to the evening of December 28th. The heaviest rainfall occurred in a 50 to 75 mile wide swath from southwest Missouri through the Greater St. Louis Metropolitan Area and into central Illinois.
Read the full account →A prolonged period of rainfall occurred from the early morning hours of December 26th to the evening of December 28th. The heaviest rainfall occurred in a 50 to 75 mile wide swath from southwest Missouri through the Greater St. Louis Metropolitan Area and into central Illinois.
Read the full account →A prolonged period of rainfall occurred from the early morning hours of December 26th to the evening of December 28th. The heaviest rainfall occurred in a 50 to 75 mile wide swath from southwest Missouri through the Greater St. Louis Metropolitan Area and into central Illinois.
Read the full account →A prolonged period of rainfall occurred from the early morning hours of December 26th to the evening of December 28th. The heaviest rainfall occurred in a 50 to 75 mile wide swath from southwest Missouri through the Greater St. Louis Metropolitan Area and into central Illinois.
Read the full account →A prolonged period of rainfall occurred from the early morning hours of December 26th to the evening of December 28th. The heaviest rainfall occurred in a 50 to 75 mile wide swath from southwest Missouri through the Greater St. Louis Metropolitan Area and into central Illinois.
Read the full account →A prolonged period of rainfall occurred from the early morning hours of December 26th to the evening of December 28th. The heaviest rainfall occurred in a 50 to 75 mile wide swath from southwest Missouri through the Greater St. Louis Metropolitan Area and into central Illinois.
Read the full account →Multiple rounds of heavy rain producing storms moved across the region during the day and evening of June 15th, with an especially intense area of extreme rainfall rates during the mid-afternoon through early evening centered on the I-88 and I-290 corridors from the IL/IA state…
Read the full account →Multiple rounds of heavy rain producing storms moved across the region during the day and evening of June 15th, with an especially intense area of extreme rainfall rates during the mid-afternoon through early evening centered on the I-88 and I-290 corridors from the IL/IA state…
Read the full account →Multiple rounds of heavy rain producing storms moved across the region during the day and evening of June 15th, with an especially intense area of extreme rainfall rates during the mid-afternoon through early evening centered on the I-88 and I-290 corridors from the IL/IA state…
Read the full account →During the evening of June 22, twelve tornadoes occurred across northern Illinois, including ten in the WFO Chicago forecast area. Ten of the twelve were spawned from a single long-lived cyclic supercell, which tracked across Whiteside, Lee, LaSalle, Grundy, Will, and Kankakee…
Read the full account →Multiple rounds of heavy rain producing storms moved across the region during the day and evening of June 15th, with an especially intense area of extreme rainfall rates during the mid-afternoon through early evening centered on the I-88 and I-290 corridors from the IL/IA state…
Read the full account →Multiple rounds of heavy rain producing storms moved across the region during the day and evening of June 15th, with an especially intense area of extreme rainfall rates during the mid-afternoon through early evening centered on the I-88 and I-290 corridors from the IL/IA state…
Read the full account →Multiple rounds of heavy rain producing storms moved across the region during the day and evening of June 15th, with an especially intense area of extreme rainfall rates during the mid-afternoon through early evening centered on the I-88 and I-290 corridors from the IL/IA state…
Read the full account →During the evening of June 22, twelve tornadoes occurred across northern Illinois, including ten in the WFO Chicago forecast area. Ten of the twelve were spawned from a single long-lived cyclic supercell, which tracked across Whiteside, Lee, LaSalle, Grundy, Will, and Kankakee…
Read the full account →Along and north of a slow moving warm front, storms continued to regenerate and train over portions of north central and northeast Illinois, generally along and near the I-88 and U.S. Highway 30 corridors.
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 →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 →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.
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