Flash Flood — Warren, Illinois

2022-05-13 · near Eleanor, Warren, Illinois

Event narrative

Several city streets in Monmouth were flooded.

Wider weather episode

A line of showers and thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon of Friday, May 13, 2022 generally along and east of the Mississippi River in northwest Illinois. Some thunderstorms did become severe along that line, and produced all modes of severe weather including hail up to one inch, wind gusts to 60 MPH and three landspout tornadoes. One occurred near Good Hope IL, with the other two just south of Monmouth IL. Some reports of flooding were also received, especially near Roseville IL.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1020614. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.