Flash Flood in Calhoun County, Illinois

Flash Flood June 25, 2015 – June 26, 2015 · Calhoun County, Illinois

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Up to 5 inches of rain fell in about a three to four hour period onto already saturated soils. This caused flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including the Mississippi River Road which had at least a foot of water over it near Batchtown. Illinois Route 1 was flooded in several locations between Hardin and Brussels.

The wider storm

A frontal boundary was slowly sinking south across forecast area. Several rounds of storms developed and moved east along the front dumping up to 8 inches of rain in a 24 hour period from 7 am June 25th to 7 am June 26th. This caused considerable flash flooding, especially in Lincoln County Missouri and Calhoun County Illinois. There were also numerous reports of damaging winds and large hail.

Began near Batchtown (39.0300, -90.6700).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 597884. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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