Flood — Iroquois, Illinois

2008-01-08 to 2008-01-11 · near Chebanse, Iroquois, Illinois

$3.0M

Property damage

Event narrative

Heavy rain which fell onto saturated and frozen ground on January 8th caused widespread and significant flooding across much of Iroquois County. The county was declared a disaster area and over 600 residents had to be evacuated. Many homes and businesses were flooded as well as hundreds of roads that were flooded and closed. Storm total rainfall included 3.27 inches in Milford and 3.10 inches in Watseka.

Wider weather episode

Heavy rain fell during the morning hours of January 8th which caused siginficant flooding over many areas of east central Illinois.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 78462. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.