Flash Flood, White
- When
- May 10, 9:00 PM CST to 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- White County, 2 mi N of Enfield
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 38.088, -88.180 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Illinois, May 10, 1996
S. 45 north of Enfield was covered with water, as were several secondary roads.
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.
U.S. 45 north of Enfield was covered with water, as were several secondary roads. This heavy rain fell on already saturated ground. Rainfall totals from late April into early May were around 12 inches. White County was declared a federal disaster area. Damage to public property was estimated at 450,000 dollars. Damage to 36 private structures resulted in close to another half million dollars. Crop damage estimates were not yet available. The total damage estimate listed above is for all flooding in White County since late April.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Hail in Texas, May 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in Illinois, May 10 to 11, 1996
- Tornado in Iowa, May 10, 1996
- Tornado in Texas, May 10, 1996
- Tornado in Illinois, May 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in Illinois, May 10 to 11, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 10, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in Illinois, May 10 to 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in Indiana, May 10 to 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in Indiana, May 10 to 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in Indiana, May 10 to 11, 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: 5554380.