Dangerous, prolonged heat is ongoing in the Mid-South to Mid-Mississippi Valley and heat expands into the Northeast for a brief period today. Widely scattered instances of flash flooding due to heavy rains are forecast from northeast Kansas to much of Indiana. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of New England, northern Mid-Atlantic, and North Dakota. Read More >
Overview
Two waves of heavy rain impacted the Quad State region, with the first occurring from early morning into the afternoon on August 4th. The second round started late evening on the 4th and continued into the morning on August 5th. Pockets of 3-6" of rain occurred across portions of southern Illinois and western Kentucky that resulted in flash flooding. Marion, IL and Central City, KY were among the hardest hit communities. Cars were stranded in submerged water on streets in Marion during the morning of August 4, while a water rescue occurred in the Central City area around 2 AM on August 5.
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| Street flooding in Johnston City, IL via JJ Diebolt | Street flooding in Marion, IL via Mrs Havener | Flooding at intersection of Hwy 14 and 184 near Mulkeytown, IL via Luke Saeger | Flooding in Mortons Gap, KY via David Fugate |
Radar
Click here for a radar loop of the first part of the event from 12 AM to 4 PM on August 4.
Click here for a radar loop of the second part of the event from 10 PM August 4 - 10 AM August 5.
Storm Reports
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 613 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2022 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 1057 AM FLASH FLOOD MARION 37.74N 88.93W 08/04/2022 WILLIAMSON IL TRAINED SPOTTER NUMEROUS REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING IN MARION. HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES WITH VERY POOR VISIBILITY. 1105 AM FLASH FLOOD JOHNSTON CITY 37.82N 88.93W 08/04/2022 WILLIAMSON IL TRAINED SPOTTER SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING ACROSS THE CITY. OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE MIDNIGHT CDT. 1156 AM FLASH FLOOD MARION 37.75N 88.93W 08/04/2022 WILLIAMSON IL TRAINED SPOTTER FIRE AND RESCUE CHECKING ON FLOODED TRAILER PARK NEAR PATRICK STREET. SOME PERSONS BEING ADVISED TO STAY PUT. ENTIRE PARK FLOODED. 1207 PM FLASH FLOOD MARION 37.73N 88.93W 08/04/2022 WILLIAMSON IL BROADCAST MEDIA MAIN STREET ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE MARION SQUARE IS NEARLY IMPASSABLE. DAY CARE CENTER NEARBY HAS WATER IN CLASSROOMS. IT IS NOW CLOSED DOWN. 0115 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 NNW WHITEASH 37.80N 88.94W 08/04/2022 M5.62 INCH WILLIAMSON IL PUBLIC PERSONAL WEATHER STATION. RAINFALL TOTAL SINCE MIDNIGHT. 0115 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 S SPILLERTOWN 37.75N 88.92W 08/04/2022 M5.22 INCH WILLIAMSON IL PUBLIC PERSONAL WEATHER STATION. RAINFALL TOTAL SINCE MIDNIGHT. 0115 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 ENE HERRIN 37.82N 88.99W 08/04/2022 M4.41 INCH WILLIAMSON IL PUBLIC PERSONAL WEATHER STATION. RAINFALL TOTAL SINCE MIDNIGHT. 0115 PM HEAVY RAIN CRAINVILLE 37.75N 89.06W 08/04/2022 M3.54 INCH WILLIAMSON IL PUBLIC PERSONAL WEATHER STATION. RAINFALL TOTAL SINCE MIDNIGHT. 0135 PM HEAVY RAIN JOHNSTON CITY 37.82N 88.93W 08/04/2022 M6.00 INCH WILLIAMSON IL TRAINED SPOTTER STORM TOTAL SINCE MIDNIGHT. PERSONAL WEATHER STATION. 0155 PM HEAVY RAIN 5 SW MARION 37.68N 89.00W 08/04/2022 M4.67 INCH WILLIAMSON IL MESONET 12 RAINFALL TOTAL AT MESONET STATION COWI2 CRAB ORCHARD IL. 0232 PM FLOOD 3 W NEWBURGH 37.95N 87.46W 08/04/2022 VANDERBURGH IN TRAINED SPOTTER MINOR FLOODING REPORTED IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS NEAR ANGEL MOUNDS. 0345 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 ENE SANTA CLAUS 38.13N 86.90W 08/04/2022 SPENCER IN PUBLIC SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER FLOWING THROUGH A CAMPGROUND NEAR SANTA CLAUS. FOUND VIA SNAPCHAT. TIME IS APPROXIMATE. 0512 PM FLASH FLOOD 7 NE SANTA CLAUS 38.19N 86.83W 08/04/2022 SPENCER IN EMERGENCY MNGR MONTE CASINO ROAD IS FLOODING NORTH OF ST. MEINRAD. 0513 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 E SANTA CLAUS 38.12N 86.89W 08/04/2022 SPENCER IN EMERGENCY MNGR COUNTY ROAD 1600 N IS FLOODED NEAR SANTA CLAUS.
0139 AM FLASH FLOOD CENTRAL CITY 37.29N 87.12W 08/05/2022 MUHLENBERG KY 911 CALL CENTER SOUTH 2ND STREET IS CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. 0139 AM FLASH FLOOD CENTRAL CITY 37.29N 87.13W 08/05/2022 MUHLENBERG KY 911 CALL CENTER WEST BROAD ST IS CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. 0211 AM FLASH FLOOD 1 SE CENTRAL CITY 37.29N 87.12W 08/05/2022 MUHLENBERG KY 911 CALL CENTER WATER RESCUE OCCURRING ON TAYLOR ROAD IN CENTRAL CITY. AT LEAST THREE FEET OF WATER INSIDE OF A HOME. 0246 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 W CENTRAL CITY 37.29N 87.18W 08/05/2022 M3.55 INCH MUHLENBERG KY MESONET 4 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL AT THE MUHLENBERG COUNTY KY MESONET STATION. 0251 AM HEAVY RAIN CENTRAL CITY 37.30N 87.13W 08/05/2022 M5.64 INCH MUHLENBERG KY MESONET RAINFALL TOTAL OVER THE LAST 4 HOURS RECORDED ON A PERSONAL WEATHER STATION. STILL RAINING. 0253 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 WNW CENTRAL CITY 37.30N 87.14W 08/05/2022 E4.24 INCH MUHLENBERG KY MESONET RECORDED ON A PERSONAL WEATHER STATION. FOUR HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL. STILL RAINING. 0300 AM FLASH FLOOD 6 WNW GREENVILLE 37.24N 87.27W 08/05/2022 MUHLENBERG KY PUBLIC PICTURE ON SOCIAL MEDIA OF FLOODING ON HIGHWAY 175 NEAR THE INTERCHANGE WITH THE WEST KY PARKWAY. 0312 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 ESE MORTONS GAP 37.22N 87.44W 08/05/2022 HOPKINS KY TRAINED SPOTTER SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF WATER FLOWING ACROSS HIGHWAY 813 NEAR MORTONS GAP. 0339 AM FLASH FLOOD 1 SE CENTRAL CITY 37.29N 87.12W 08/05/2022 MUHLENBERG KY 911 CALL CENTER HOMES ON PATTONTOWN DRIVE EVACUATED. 0610 AM FLASH FLOOD 1 NW CHRISTOPHER 37.98N 89.06W 08/05/2022 FRANKLIN IL EMERGENCY MNGR SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING ACROSS WESTERN SIDE OF FRANKLIN COUNTY. WATER OVER ROUTE 14 IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS WEST OF CHRISTOPHER. 0615 AM FLASH FLOOD 3 WSW NORTH CITY 37.98N 89.11W 08/05/2022 FRANKLIN IL EMERGENCY MNGR WATER OVER ROAD IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS ALONG ROUTE 184 NORTH AND SOUTH OF MULKEYTOWN. MANY RURAL ROADS COMPLETELY IMPASSABLE. 0725 AM HEAVY RAIN CENTRAL CITY 37.29N 87.12W 08/05/2022 M6.39 INCH MUHLENBERG KY PUBLIC PERSONAL WEATHER STATION. RAINFALL TOTAL SINCE MIDNIGHT. 0725 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 SSW CENTRAL CITY 37.29N 87.13W 08/05/2022 M6.02 INCH MUHLENBERG KY PUBLIC PERSONAL WEATHER STATION. RAINFALL TOTAL SINCE MIDNIGHT. 0730 AM HEAVY RAIN 6 N GREENVILLE 37.29N 87.18W 08/05/2022 M4.67 INCH MUHLENBERG KY MESONET RAINFALL TOTAL SINCE MIDNIGHT AT KY MESONET STATION IN MUHLENBERG COUNTY. 0745 AM HEAVY RAIN 4 S MADISONVILLE 37.28N 87.51W 08/05/2022 M2.72 INCH HOPKINS KY MESONET RAINFALL TOTAL SINCE MIDNIGHT AT KY MESONET STATION IN HOPKINS COUNTY. 0800 AM HEAVY RAIN NORTH CITY 37.99N 89.06W 08/05/2022 M5.11 INCH FRANKLIN IL COCORAHS 48 RAINFALL TOTAL. COCORAHS STATION 1.1 NNW CHRISTOPHER. 0800 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 NNE MURPHYSBORO 37.81N 89.32W 08/05/2022 M3.56 INCH JACKSON IL COCORAHS 48 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL. COCORAHS STATION IL-JK-19: MURPHYSBORO 2.8 NNE. 0800 AM HEAVY RAIN MARION 37.73N 88.94W 08/05/2022 M5.63 INCH WILLIAMSON IL COCORAHS 48 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL. 0800 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 SSW HICKORY 36.79N 88.66W 08/05/2022 M3.31 INCH GRAVES KY CO-OP OBSERVER RAINFALL TOTAL SINCE MIDNIGHT AT MAYFIELD COOP NORTH OF TOWN. 0800 AM HEAVY RAIN 4 W HAMLIN 36.61N 88.14W 08/05/2022 M3.22 INCH CALLOWAY KY PUBLIC PERSONAL WEATHER STATION. RAINFALL TOTAL SINCE MIDNIGHT. 0800 AM HEAVY RAIN 6 ENE HAZEL 36.54N 88.22W 08/05/2022 M3.20 INCH CALLOWAY KY PUBLIC PERSONAL WEATHER STATION. RAINFALL TOTAL SINCE MIDNIGHT. 0800 AM HEAVY RAIN 5 E MURRAY 36.60N 88.22W 08/05/2022 M3.50 INCH CALLOWAY KY PUBLIC PERSONAL WEATHER STATION. RAINFALL TOTAL SINCE MIDNIGHT. 0810 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 W MURRAY 36.61N 88.33W 08/05/2022 M2.44 INCH CALLOWAY KY MESONET RAINFALL TOTAL SINCE MIDNIGHT AT CALLOWAY COUNTY MESONET STATION. 0900 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 ESE DU QUOIN 37.99N 89.19W 08/05/2022 M6.22 INCH PERRY IL CO-OP OBSERVER 24 RAINFALL TOTAL. 4.96 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT.
Rain Reports
Most of the region picked up amounts ranging from 0.5" to 2". However, pockets of heavier totals were observed across portions of southern Illinois, western Kentucky, and across the Ozark Foothills of southeast Missouri. The hardest hit areas received 4-6" which included the cities of Marion, IL and Central City, KY. A personal weather station in Central City reported 6.39" of rain from midnight to 8 AM on August 5th. Cars were stranded in submerged water on streets in Marion during the morning of August 4, while water rescues occurred in the Central City area around 2 AM on August 5.
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