Flash Flood — Christian, Illinois

2025-07-20 to 2025-07-21 · near Pana, Christian, Illinois

Event narrative

Street flooding occurred at various intersections in Pana.

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 1276272. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.