Illinois, 2002

Flash 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.

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 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.

GOETSCH
Local 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.

GOETSCH
Local 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.

GOETSCH

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:39 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash 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.

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

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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: 5301445.