Illinois, 2001Heavy Rain in Illinois, December 16 to 17, 2001
December 16 to 17, 2001 · NWS LSX · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- 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 forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 15, 10:40 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 10:40 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1040 PM CST SAT DEC 15 2001
UPDATED ZONES TO INCLUDE FLOOD WATCH FOR SUN AND SUN NGT. LTST GUID
INDCTG HIER QPF OVR SRN ZNS AND XTNDD DURATION OF PCPN WARRANT
WATCH. PCPN OVRSPRD RGN A LTL QUICKER THAN ERYLR XPCTD AND WHILE
ONLY LGT ATTIM...INTENSITY SHUD INCRS DURG DAY SUN AS LLJ
STRENGTHENS. NRN XTENT MAY HAVE TO BE EXPANDED BUT WL LV FOR LTR
SHIFTS AND NEWER GUID.
.STL...FLOOD WATCH FOR SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT FOR REYNOLDS...IRON...
MADISON...ST FRANCOIS...STE GENEVIEVE...AND RANDOLPH IL.
WDB
Heavy Rain, Marion
- When
- December 16, 12:00 AM CST to December 17, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.650, -88.919 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A steady rain started on the 16th and continued until about midday the 17th. Rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches were common. The result was numerous roads that became impassable due to ponding of water, especially at intersections. Many area residents also discovered leaky basements due to the rain.
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornado in Texas, December 16, 20012 injured · $2.5 million · F2 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Texas, December 16, 20011 death · $50,000 · 21 events
- Flooding in Missouri, December 16 to 18, 2001$180,000 · 10 events
- Storm Surge in Washington, December 16, 2001$250,000 · 1 event
- Flooding in Washington, December 16 to 19, 2001$150,000 · 7 events
- Flash Flooding in Arkansas, December 16, 2001$100,000 · 5 events
- Flooding in Kentucky, December 16 to 18, 20012 injured · $5,000 · 14 events
- Tornado in Texas, December 16, 2001$30,000 · F0 · 1 event
- High Wind in Washington, December 16, 2001$25,000 · 1 event
- High Wind in Washington, December 16, 2001$25,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Texas, December 16, 2001$25,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Texas, December 16, 2001$20,000 · 1 event
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: 5274189.