Brown storm history

Up to five inches of rain fell in about a three hour period. Several roads were flooded including County Road 550N. A man, along with his two year old son, tried to drive his car through 2 feet of flowing water on County Road 550N, about a mile and an half west of Illinois Route …

A total of 8 to 10 inches of snow fell primarily during the morning hours. The snowfall rate reached 1 inch per hour at times.

Wind chill values reached as low as 26 below zero on the morning of the 21st.

The storm began early on the 5th with snow falling through the morning and much of the day. Snow combined with wind gusts to 35 mph in the evening to produce areas of blowing snow. A total of 4 to 8 inches of snow fell across the county.

The Brown County emergency manager reported power poles and trees down over the north side of Versailles.

Thunderstorm winds knocked small limbs and snapped some large branches from trees.

Wind chill values dropped to as low as 25 below zero.

Wind chill values dropped to as low as 39 below zero with the coldest values during the nighttime hours.

Between 5 and 8 inches of heavy, wet snow fell across the county.

A period of very hot and extremely humid weather began on Sunday, August 20 and lasted through Friday, August 25. Heat index values climbed to 110 to 120 degrees each day as measured by numerous reporting sites across the region.

Excessive heat across the county with highs up to 100 degrees each day. Heat index values as high as 114 both days.

Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees in and around Versailles.

Thunderstorm winds caused minor roof damage to a house near Illinois Route 107. Also, just east of there an open sided car port was flipped over.

A wide swath of large hail up to two inches in diameter fell across the central portions of Brown County. The hail fell in Mt. Sterling, Hersman, Gilbirds, Jaques and Versailles.

Between 1 and 2 inches of snow fell. The snow combined with gusty northwest winds (35-45 mph gusts) created extremely hazardous travel with sporadic near-blizzard conditions during the heaviest snowfall. Road conditions deteriorated rapidly during this event.

A twelve inch diameter maple tree top was snapped off.

Heavy snow fell across the county with storm total snowfall up to 6 inches.

Between 8 to 12 inches of snow fell across Brown County.

Heavy snow fell across northern portions of Brown County. Up to 6 inches of snow fell in some locations.

Hail up to baseball size fell over Mt. Sterling and surrounding areas causing widespread damage to several dozen vehicles, buildings and crops. At least one farmer lost about a 1000 acres of corn and soybeans due to the large hail.

Widespread wind damage from the north side of Mt. Sterling to south of Hersman. Numerous trees, tree limbs, power poles and power lines were blown down. Several businesses and homes, especially on the south side of Mt. Sterling, sustained roof damage from fallen trees and tree li…

Up to seven inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Several roads were flooded including County Road 775 S about 2 miles south southeast of Mount Sterling.

Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large tree limbs around town.

Thunderstorm winds blew down several telephone poles along County Road 845E.

Several rounds of heavy snow fell across Brown County beginning during the afternoon hours of January 11th through the early morning hours of January 13th. The emergency manager reported 12.0 inches of snowfall in Versailles.

Up to 4 inches of snow fell across Brown County with winds gusting up to 46 mph at times. This caused reduced visibilities of less than a quarter of a mile at times and hazardous driving conditions.

Thunderstorm winds blew down two large trees in town.

The largest winter weather event of the winter season occurred on Easter Sunday, April 1st, 2018. The primary band of snow developed across northern Missouri and extended into west central Illinois between 1 pm and 7 pm. In Brown County between 6 and 7 inches of snow fell. Mount …

Thunderstorm winds blew down a number of trees in the Mt. Sterling area. Also, in LaGrange, there was minor roof damage to a house.

Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees around town. A couple fell across roadways blocking them for a time.

Thunderstorm winds blew down two trees.

Thunderstorm winds blew down at least 6 trees along Illinois Route 99 from Versailles southeastward towards the Brown/Pike County line.

Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees around town.