Flash Flood, Montgomery
- When
- August 4, 8:30 PM CST to August 5, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.231, -89.479 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Illinois, August 4 to 5, 1998
Rainfall from 3 to 7 inches caused flash flooding across much of the county. 3 inches of rain was reported just south of Hillsboro with 7 inches reported in Witt.
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 LSX wrote it up.
Rainfall from 3 to 7 inches caused flash flooding across much of the county. 3 inches of rain was reported just south of Hillsboro with 7 inches reported in Witt. Illinois Route 16 in Witt had to be closed until noon the next day. One man had to be rescued from Route 16 when his truck was swept off the road. Luckily the truck came to rest on top of a guardrail, enabling firemen from the Irving Volunteer Fire Department to rescue him. Firefighters in Witt had to use sandbags to keep water out of the firehouse. The north and south marinas at Glenn Shoals Lake had to be closed the on the 5th due to high water. Numerous basements were flooded across the region.
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:29 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
- Heat in California, August 4 to 6, 1998
- Flooding in Illinois, August 4, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, August 4, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Indiana, August 4 to 5, 1998
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, August 4, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, August 4, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 4, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, August 4, 1998
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 4, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Michigan, August 4, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, August 4, 1998
- Flood and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 4, 1998
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, August 1998
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: 5660701.