Flash Flood, Clinton
- When
- June 10, 8:00 PM CST to June 11, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Clinton County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 38.607, -89.422 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Illinois, June 10 to 11, 1996
Up to five inches of rain fell from a nearly stationary thunderstorm on Clinton County, causing widespread flash flooding. Most of the damage occurred in Germantown, where residents had to be evacuated from flooded neighborhoods.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $500,000
- 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 LSX wrote it up.
Up to five inches of rain fell from a nearly stationary thunderstorm on Clinton County, causing widespread flash flooding. Most of the damage occurred in Germantown, where residents had to be evacuated from flooded neighborhoods. At least 40 homes suffered water damage. The county was declared a state disaster area.
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:00 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Texas, June 10, 1996
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, June 10, 1996
- Tornado in Virginia, June 10, 1996
- Tornado in Virginia, June 10, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Texas, June 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in Maryland, June 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in Maryland, June 10, 1996
- Dust Devil in Arizona, June 10, 1996
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, June 10 to 11, 1996
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 10, 1996
- Hail in New York, June 10, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, June 10, 1996
More
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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: 5560678.