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Event Flood
-- Flood Cause Heavy Rain
State ILLINOIS
County/Area HANCOCK
WFO DVN
Begin Date 05/15/2009 20:00:00 CST-6
Begin Range 1
Begin Azimuth NNW
Begin Location DURHAM
Begin Lat/Lon 40.62/-91.09
End Date 05/19/2009 05:00:00 CST-6
End Range 25
End Azimuth E
End Location LA HARPE
End Lat/Lon 40.62/-90.5
Deaths Direct/Indirect 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...)
Injuries Direct/Indirect 0/0
Property Damage 250.00K
Crop Damage 0.00K
Episode Narrative Heavy rains from May 13th to May 15th resulted in the La Moine River near Colmar going above the moderate flood stage level of 22 feet around 9 pm on May 15 and the major flood stage level of 24 feet around 1:30 am on May 17. It crested around 24.84 feet around 6 pm on May 17. It fell back below the major flood stage level around 10:30 am on May 18 and the moderate flood stage level around 6 am on May 19.
Event Narrative Heavy rains from May 13th to May 15th resulted in the La Moine River near Colmar going above the moderate flood stage level of 22 feet around 9 pm on May 15 and the major flood stage level of 24 feet around 1:30 am on May 17. It crested around 24.84 feet around 6 pm on May 17. It fell back below the major flood stage level around 10:30 am on May 18 and the moderate flood stage level around 6 am on May 19.


All events for this episode:

Location County/Zone St. Date Time T.Z. Type Mag Dth Inj PrD CrD
Totals: 0 0 500.00K 0.00K
DURHAM HANCOCK CO. IL 05/15/2009 20:00 CST-6 Flood 0 0 250.00K 0.00K
BLANDINSVILLE MCDONOUGH CO. IL 05/15/2009 20:00 CST-6 Flood 0 0 250.00K 0.00K
Totals: 0 0 500.00K 0.00K