Flash Flood, Massac
- When
- November 7, 4:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Massac County, Unionville
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 37.219, -88.708 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Illinois, November 7, 1996
Persistent thunderstorms resulted in a narrow band of very heavy rainfall from Fulton, Kentucky to around Paducah. Although rainfall amounts decreased slightly in Massac County, considerable flooding of streets and low-lying areas occurred.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $5,000
- 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.
Persistent thunderstorms resulted in a narrow band of very heavy rainfall from Fulton, Kentucky to around Paducah. Although rainfall amounts decreased slightly in Massac County, considerable flooding of streets and low-lying areas occurred. The most substantial flooding occurred along low-lying roads in the Unionville Bottoms and Brookport areas. Flooding of the Brookport Elementary School resulted in a day off for students and teachers.
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 18 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:00 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
- Tornado in Georgia, November 7 to 8, 1996
- Tornado in Tennessee, November 7, 1996
- Flash Flood in Oklahoma, November 7, 1996
- Tornado in Alabama, November 7, 1996
- Tornado in Texas, November 7, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, November 7, 1996
- Tornado in Georgia, November 7, 1996
- Ice Storm in Alaska, November 7, 1996
- Tornado in Kentucky, November 7, 1996
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, November 7, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, November 7, 1996
- Tornado in Kentucky, November 7, 1996
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, November 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5571262.