Flash Flood — Calhoun, Illinois

2015-06-25 to 2015-06-26 · near Batchtown, Calhoun, Illinois

Event narrative

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.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 597884. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.