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The Record Rainstorm on July 17-18, 1996 in Northern Illinois

Angel, James R.; Changnon, Stanley A.; Changnon, David; Huff, Floyd A.; Merzlock, Paul; Silberberg, Steven R.; Westcott, Nancy E.

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Title
The Record Rainstorm on July 17-18, 1996 in Northern Illinois
Author(s)
  • Angel, James R.
  • Changnon, Stanley A.
  • Changnon, David
  • Huff, Floyd A.
  • Merzlock, Paul
  • Silberberg, Steven R.
  • Westcott, Nancy E.
Issue Date
1997
Keyword(s)
  • record rainstorm
  • Northern Illinois
  • heavy rain
  • flash flood
Abstract
By the afternoon of July 18, 1996, Midwestern radio and television stations were issuing reports of extremely heavy rains and flash flooding in northeastern Illinois. The news reports indicated that a raingage in Aurora, Illinois, had received nearly 17 inches of rain during the rainstorm on July 17-18, 1996. In the storm center, hundreds of thousands of persons in the area were in shock because of the massive flooding and the sudden devastation with 35,000 homes experiencing flood damage in a matter of hours.
Publisher
Illinois State Water Survey
Series/Report Name or Number
ISWS Miscellaneous Publication MP-182
Type of Resource
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