Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$50.0M
Area
Cook
Event narrative (NOAA)
Major flooding impacted portions of the souhtwest suburbs of Chicago.|Numerous streets were flooded and impassable with several feet of water in Burbank and Oak Lawn. Numerous cars stalled in the flooded streets and many basements were inundated with water. Multiple lanes and the shoulder was flooded and closed on I-294 at Route 171. Over three feet of water was reported in the viaduct at Kedzie Avenue and 79th Street where a fire truck stalled trying to pass through.
Other notable flash flood events in Illinois
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.