Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
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Area
Sangamon
Event narrative (NOAA)
A woman drowned in downtown Springfield near the intersection of 3rd and Capitol after her car stalled in an underpass which was flooded due to a storm sewer backup. As she was trying to push her car out of about three feet of standing water, she slipped partially into a manhole cover and was submerged. The area had received 1.52 of rain, with 1.41 falling during the two hours prior to the drowning. Minor flooding of typically flood-prone areas was reported elsehwere around Springfield.
Other notable 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.