Flood, Wabash
- When
- May 1, 12:01 AM CST to May 26, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wabash forecast zone
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 38.446, -87.844 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Illinois, May 1 to 26, 1996
3 feet on May 3, well above the flood stage of 27 feet. Widespread flooding occurred around 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
- $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 PAH wrote it up.
The Little Wabash River crested at 35.3 feet on May 3, well above the flood stage of 27 feet. Widespread flooding occurred around Carmi. The combined result of local flash flooding, Wabash River flooding, and Little Wabash River flooding resulted in a federal disaster declaration for White County. Homes near the Little Wabash River in Carmi were flooded. The damage estimate listed above is for all flooding in White County.
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
- Drought in Texas, May 1 to 31, 1996
- Cold in Iowa, May 1 to 31, 1996
- Drought in Texas, May 1 to 31, 1996
- Drought in Texas, May 1 to 31, 1996
- Drought in Texas, May 1 to 31, 1996
- Drought in Louisiana, May 1 to 31, 1996
- Tornado in Ohio, May 1, 1996
- Wildfire in California, May 1 to 3, 1996
- Flooding in Indiana, May 1 to 26, 1996
- Flooding in Illinois, May 1 to 31, 1996
- Flooding in Indiana, May 1 to 20, 1996
- Flooding in Missouri, May 1 to 31, 1996
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, May 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: 5554995.