Flood, Gallatin
- When
- December 4, 9:00 AM CST to December 12, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gallatin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.763, -88.230 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Illinois, December 4 to 12, 1996
The Ohio River crested 2 to 3 feet above flood stage at several locations. 93 feet on the 9th.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- 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 crested 2 to 3 feet above flood stage at several locations. At Cairo, where the flood stage is 40 feet, the Ohio crested at 42.93 feet on the 9th. At Shawneetown, where flood stage is 33 feet, the river crested at 36.1 feet on the 8th. The river was above flood stage for about a week at both locations. Flooding was confined mainly to parks and agricultural bottomlands. Fort Defiance State Park near Cairo was closed due to flooding of roads.
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
- December 4, 9:00 AM CST to December 12, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Alexander forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.192, -89.338 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Pulaski
- When
- December 4, 9:00 AM CST to December 12, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.223, -89.127 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Massac
- When
- December 4, 9:00 AM CST to December 12, 5:00 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
- Heavy Snow in Washington, December 4, 1996
- Winter Storm in Idaho, December 4 to 5, 1996
- Winter Storm in California, December 4 to 5, 1996
- High Wind in Colorado, December 4 to 5, 1996
- High Wind in Oregon, December 4, 1996
- High Wind in Montana, December 4, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 4 to 5, 1996
- Strong Wind in California, December 4, 1996
- High Wind in Washington, December 4, 1996
- Strong Wind in California, December 4, 1996
- High Wind in Montana, December 4, 1996
- Ice Storm in Washington, December 4, 1996
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, December 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: 5581279, 5581280, 5581439, 5581440.