Flood — Johnson, Illinois

2016-07-07 · near Vienna, Johnson, Illinois

Event narrative

Just northwest of Vienna, an elderly lady drowned after her vehicle was driven into a flooded creek. The 75-year-old woman died after her family drove off a section of the road that was covered in floodwater from Dutchman Creek. The vehicle was carried downstream. The other three individuals in the vehicle were rescued. One person sustained minor injuries and was taken to a local hospital.

Wider weather episode

A developing line of thunderstorms moved east-southeast across southern Illinois during the late morning and early afternoon hours. The storms moved through a moist and unstable environment ahead of a 500 mb shortwave trough over the mid and upper Mississippi Valley. A west to southwest flow of very moist air at 850 mb averaged from 20 to 30 knots. A few isolated storms produced damaging wind.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 647177. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.