Flood — Crawford, Illinois

2021-08-09 · near Bellair, Crawford, Illinois

Event narrative

Several county roads were closed due to water flowing across them.

Wider weather episode

Scattered thunderstorms developed in advance of an approaching warm front during the morning of August 9th. Several of the storms produced locally heavy rainfall, with one of the cells dropping a Doppler radar estimated 3 to 6 inches of rain across portions of Crawford County. Due to the excessive rainfall rates, numerous rural roads were closed across Crawford County.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 978267. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.