Flood — Shelby, Illinois

2025-07-20 to 2025-07-21 · near Shelby Co Arpt, Shelby, Illinois

Event narrative

Robinson Creek flooded onto the roadway along Highway 16 near 1300 East.

Wider weather episode

An outflow boundary interacting with a very moist airmass characterized by surface dewpoints in the middle to upper 70s triggered clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms across south-central Illinois during the afternoon and evening of July 20th. Scattered wind damage and flash flooding occurred...mainly south of a Shelbyville to Marshall line.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1276271. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.