Flash Flood, Peoria
- When
- June 6, 6:55 PM CST to 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Peoria County, Mossville
- Coordinates
- 40.788, -89.760 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Illinois, June 6, 1996
Several homes sustained minor flood damage when between 3 and 4 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time in Mossville. Route 29 was flooded for a while.
Where it happened
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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 ILX wrote it up.
Several homes sustained minor flood damage when between 3 and 4 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time in Mossville. Route 29 was flooded for a while. The flooding uprooted numerous trees which were strewn over the Route 6. No injuries were reported and no damage estimate was available.
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:57 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
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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: 5568241.