Flood, Pulaski
- When
- April 26, 3:00 AM CST to April 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.223, -89.127 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Illinois, April 26 to 30, 1996
The Ohio River rose above flood stage at Cairo on the 26th. Between 5 and 8 inches of rain over parts of southern Illinois and southwest Indiana pushed the river over its banks at a few other locations, including Shawneetown and Grand Chain.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Crop damage
- $20,000
- Events
- 4
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
The Ohio River rose above flood stage at Cairo on the 26th. Between 5 and 8 inches of rain over parts of southern Illinois and southwest Indiana pushed the river over its banks at a few other locations, including Shawneetown and Grand Chain. Mainly low-lying unprotected farmland was affected through the end of April.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Alexander
- When
- April 26, 3:00 AM CST to April 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Alexander forecast zone
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 37.192, -89.338 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Gallatin
- When
- April 26, 3:00 AM CST to April 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Gallatin forecast zone
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 37.763, -88.230 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Massac
- When
- April 26, 3:00 AM CST to April 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Massac forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.219, -88.708 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in South Carolina, April 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, April 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, April 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, April 26, 1996
- High Wind in Wyoming, April 26, 1996
- Flood in Illinois, April 26 to 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, April 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, April 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, April 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, April 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, April 26, 1996
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, April 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5543440, 5543441, 5543442, 5543593.