Flood, Lake
- When
- June 12, 3:00 PM CST to June 17, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lake forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 42.349, -87.862 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Illinois, June 12 to 17, 2000
Heavy rain fell over Lake and McHenry Counties over a 4 day period ending the morning of June 14. Around 8 inches fell at Antioch.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 LOT wrote it up.
Heavy rain fell over Lake and McHenry Counties over a 4 day period ending the morning of June 14. Around 8 inches fell at Antioch. Flooding - primarily of basements - affected hundreds of homes and closed streets. It was the worst flooding in Antioch since 1986. The Fox River and Chain of Lakes was closed to all motoroized boat traffic. Some communities affected along the Fox River included Holiday Hills, Spring Grove, and the Richardson subdivision between East and West Dundee and Carpentersville. Some residents in Holiday Hills sandbagged to protect their homes from flooding. Floodwaters from Nippersink Creek forced the evacuation of 3 homes in Spring Grove. Along the DesPlaines River, large areas of farm land and forest preserve land were flooded. In Gurnee, flooding affected about 50 homes, 50 businesses and public buildings, including the village center. Four families evacuated their homes.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, McHenry
- When
- June 12, 3:00 PM CST to June 17, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- McHenry forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 42.324, -88.452 (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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, June 12 to 30, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 12, 2000
- Wildfire in Colorado, June 12 to 17, 2000
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Wisconsin, June 12, 2000
- Hail in Nebraska, June 12, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 12, 2000
- Heavy Rain in Virginia, June 12, 2000
- Tornado in Ohio, June 12, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 12, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, June 12, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 12, 2000
- Hail in Florida, June 12, 2000
More
Every storm in Illinois in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, June 2000
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: 5153171, 5153172.