Flood, Gallatin
- When
- January 30, 9:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Gallatin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.763, -88.230 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Illinois, January 30 to 31, 1997
Heavy rain and snowmelt late in the month sent the Ohio River above flood stage at Shawneetown, Brookport, and Grand Chain on the 30th, and at Cairo on the 31st. The flooding was very minor.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
Heavy rain and snowmelt late in the month sent the Ohio River above flood stage at Shawneetown, Brookport, and Grand Chain on the 30th, and at Cairo on the 31st. The flooding was very minor. No damage was reported.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Alexander
- When
- January 30, 9:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Alexander forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.192, -89.338 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Pulaski
- When
- January 30, 9:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Pulaski forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.223, -89.127 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Massac
- When
- January 30, 9:00 AM CST to January 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Massac forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.219, -88.708 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 30 to 31, 1997
- Ice Storm in North Dakota, January 30, 1997
- Ice Storm in Minnesota, January 30, 1997
- High Wind in Wyoming, January 30 to 31, 1997
- High Wind in Montana, January 30, 1997
- High Wind in Washington, January 30, 1997
- High Wind in Arizona, January 30, 1997
- Winter Weather in Ohio, January 30, 1997
- High Wind in Montana, January 30, 1997
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, January 1997
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: 5585858, 5585859, 5585860, 5585861.