Illinois, 2002Flash Flood in Illinois, June 26, 2002
June 26, 2002 · NWS ILX · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 flash flood, 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 Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 25, 8:00 PM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 8:00 PM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
900 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2002
WILL UPDATE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ZONES TO CARRY THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH NIGHT.
SCATTERED STORMS HAVE PERSISTED THROUGH THE EVENING AND APPEAR TO BE
FILLING IN OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND MAY BACKBUILD BRIEFLY INTO
SOUTHEAST FA. INTERACTION OF BOUNDARIES SHOULD PERSIST FOR SEVERAL
MORE HOURS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AND WILL UPDATE ZONES TO KEEP
MENTION OF THUNDERSTORMS. REST OF FORECAST APPEARS ON TRACK.
.ILX...NONE.
BARKER
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 25, 6:50 PM CST, 5 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN, IL
750 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0725 PM MONICA IL WIND DAMAGE
06/25/02 PEORIA TREE BLOWN DOWN. PEORIA
COUNTY SHERIFF.
GOETSCHLocal storm report, Jun 25, 7:41 PM CST, 4 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN, IL
841 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0756 PM ROANOKE IL WIND DAMAGE
06/25/02 WOODFORD 15-18 INCH DIAMETER LIMBS
BLOWN DOWN AND 4-6 INCH
DIAMETER LIMBS DOWN ACROSS
ROADS. ALSO SMALL SHED
FLATTENED. FROM WOODFORD
ESDA.
0800 PM METAMORA IL WIND DAMAGE
06/25/02 WOODFORD POWER LINES DOWN PRODUCED
POWER OUTAGES. FROM ESDA.
GOETSCHLocal storm report, Jun 25, 8:41 PM CST, 3 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN, IL
941 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2002
...PRELIMINARY SUMMARY OF REPORTS FOR JUNE 25...
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0618 PM BURTON VIEW IL WIND DAMAGE
06/25/02 LOGAN TREE ACROSS ROAD. SIZE
UNKNOWN. ABOUT 20 MILES
WEST OF LINCOLN. FROM
COUNTY SHERIFF.
0623 PM LACON IL .75 INCH HAIL
06/25/02 MARSHALL FROM MARSHALL COUNTY ESDA.
0640 PM 5 W BRADFORD IL WIND DAMAGE
06/25/02 STARK SMALL TREES AND 1 LARGE
TREE ON ROUTE 93. POWER
LINES ALSO BLOWN DOWN ON
CASTLETON BLACKTOP. FROM
STARK COUNTY SHERIFF.
0640 PM 1 S LACON IL WIND DAMAGE
06/25/02 MARSHALL TIN OFF OF A ROOF WAS
BLOWN OFF A BUILDING. FROM
SHERIFF.
0725 PM MONICA IL WIND DAMAGE
06/25/02 PEORIA TREE BLOWN DOWN ON ROUTE
90. PEORIA COUNTY SHERIFF.
0734 PM ROANOKE IL WIND DAMAGE
06/25/02 WOODFORD TREES BLOWN DOWN...PLUS
15-18 INCH DIAMETER LIMBS
BLOWN DOWN AND 4-6 INCH
DIAMETER LIMBS DOWN ACROSS
ROADS. SMALL SHED ALSO
BLOWN DOWN. FROM WOODFORD
ESDA.
0800 PM METAMORA IL WIND DAMAGE
06/25/02 WOODFORD POWER LINES DOWN PRODUCED
POWER OUTAGES. FROM ESDA.
GOETSCHFlash Flood, Woodford
- When
- June 26, 12:30 AM CST to 6:30 AM CST
- Where
- Woodford County, Minonk
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.788, -89.211 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Almost 5 inches of rain fell in Minonk in a short amount of time. It caused numerous streets and basements in town to be flooded. No injuries were reported.
- 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.
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, June 26, 20023 deaths · 4 injured · $40,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in New York, June 26, 200214 injured · $500,000 · 50 kt wind · 4 events
- Flash Flooding in Indiana, June 26 to 27, 2002$5.0 million · 2 events
- Wildfire in California, June 26 to 29, 20021 injured · $2.0 million · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 26, 2002$710,000 · 2 in hail · 15 events
- Lightning Strike in Iowa, June 26, 2002$1.0 million · 1 event
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 26, 2002$202,000 · F0 · 21 events
- Lightning Strike in Minnesota, June 26, 2002$500,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in New York, June 26, 2002$270,000 · 60 kt wind · 10 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 26, 2002$250,000 · 70 kt wind · 3 events
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 26, 2002$150,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 26, 2002$100,000 · 3 events
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: 5301445.