40
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$190K
Property damage
Flash Flood in Jasper County, Illinois: 40 recorded events between 1996 and 2022. The strongest on record measured 0. That places the county #826 nationally and #22 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Flash Flood in Jasper County, Illinois: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for flash flood in Jasper County is the 2010s, when 22 of the county's 40 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Jasper County archive, flash flood makes up 17.3% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #826 for this hazard and #22 within Illinois, putting it in the 72.5 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jun is the peak month for flash flood in Jasper County with 16 recorded events, while Feb is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2022 | NEWTON | 0 | $0 |
| Aug 2, 2022 | WHEELER | 0 | $0 |
| Sep 8, 2018 | NEWTON | 0 | $0 |
| Jun 12, 2018 | ISLAND GROVE | 0 | $0 |
| May 11, 2017 | LATONA | 0 | $0 |
| May 4, 2017 | ISLAND GROVE | 0 | $0 |
| Apr 30, 2017 | ISLAND GROVE | 0 | $0 |
| Sep 1, 2015 | ROSE HILL | 0 | $0 |
| Jun 26, 2015 | WHEELER | 0 | $0 |
| Jun 22, 2015 | FALMOUTH | 0 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Jasper County
- Thunderstorm Wind 103
- Hail 60
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Slow moving thunderstorms, which produced 3.00 to 4.00 inches of rain on already saturated ground from the late evening of May 31st through the night, resulted in flash flooding across all of Jasper County which continued into the early afternoon of June 1st. The flash flooding made many rural roads impassable, and flooded numerous streets in the city of Newton. A mobile home near the town of Wheeler was evacuated due to high water entering the home during the early morning of June 1st.
Illinois Route 49 from Hunt City to Yale was closed with 3 to 4 feet of water over the roadway. Numerous roads were flooded around the area, with some other closures. Reports of basement flooding were also received. Illinois Routes 49, 33, and 130, between Hidalgo and Newton, and the blacktop between Illinois Route 130 and Illinois Route 49 were reported flooded during the evening.
Slow moving thunderstorms produced 3.00 to 4.00 inches of rain on already saturated ground from late evening through the night across all of Jasper County. This rapidly produced flash flooding which made many rural roads impassable, and flooded numerous streets in the city of Newton. The flash flooding continued through the night, and into June 1st.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many flash flood events are on record in Jasper County, Illinois?
40 flash flood events are recorded in Jasper County between 1996 and 2022, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest flash flood recorded in Jasper County?
The strongest flash flood on record in Jasper County measured 0.
Where does the flash flood data for Jasper County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Flash Flood in Jasper County, Illinois.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/illinois/jasper-county/flash-flood/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.