Flood, White
- When
- April 26, 7:00 AM CST to April 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- White forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.088, -88.180 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Illinois, April 26 to 30, 1996
The Little Wabash River rose above flood stage on the 26th, but it did not crest until May. As many as 20 homes were expected to be affected by flooding, so evacuations began near Carmi.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 Little Wabash River rose above flood stage on the 26th, but it did not crest until May. As many as 20 homes were expected to be affected by flooding, so evacuations began near Carmi.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flooding in Illinois, April 26 to 30, 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
- 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: 5543597.