Flash Flood — Bond, Illinois

2019-08-12 · near Gilmore, Bond, Illinois

Event narrative

Up to 9 inches of rain fell in about 5 hours causing flash flooding. The highest rainfall was reported in Greenville, 9.01 inches. Numerous roads through out Bond County were flooded, including Illinois Route 127 at Hazel Dell Road, Illinois Route 140 between Pokey Road and the Shoal Creek Bridge, and Illinois Route 127 near Airport Avenue just south of Greenville. One woman had to be rescued from the roof of her car after she drove it into high flowing water on Airport Avenue just west of the Beaver Creek Bridge. No injuries were reported.

Wider weather episode

Elevated convection developed in response to low level moisture convergence just north of a slowly retreating warm front. With very high precipitable water values in excess of 2 inches, this created very heavy rainfall rates as the storms trained over the same locations for over 5 hours. This caused flash flooding in a number of locations.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 851061. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.