NOAA STORM EVENTS · COMPLETE YEARS 2016–2025HISTORICAL REPORTS, NOT A FORECAST OR RISK SCORE
STORM EVENTLEDGERCOUNTY REPORTS · SEASONALITY · IMPACT
EVENT FILE / 17031MINIMUM 5 REPORTS

COOK · IL

Flash Flood history

NOAA records coded as Flash Flood in Cook during the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.

Reports82NOAA county-coded rows
Population context1.6per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 5,182,090
Injuries0direct + indirect fields
Fatalities0direct + indirect fields
Not a probability

82 reports in ten years does not mean a 8.2-event annual forecast. Reporting units, event segmentation, coverage, and local exposure all affect the count.

01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR

How the record changed

20165
20171
20185
20198
202015
202110
20224
202310
20244
202520
03 / RECORDED CONSEQUENCES

Impact fields on these rows

Damage estimates are nominal values as filed by the reporting source and retained by NOAA.

Property damage$1.05Bnot inflation-adjusted
Crop damage$0not inflation-adjusted
First report year2,016within selected window
Latest report year2,025within selected window
04 / RECENT ROW SAMPLE

Latest records in this slice

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DateEvent IDSourceMagnitude / scaleFiled damage
2025-08-18NOAA 1,295,061Emergency Manager$2.5M
2025-08-17NOAA 1,295,014Emergency Manager$55.0M
2025-08-17NOAA 1,295,013Emergency Manager$2.0M
2025-08-17NOAA 1,295,012Emergency Manager$230.0M
2025-08-18NOAA 1,292,415Public$3.5M
2025-08-18NOAA 1,288,873Emergency Manager$1.5M
2025-08-17NOAA 1,287,810Public$0
2025-08-17NOAA 1,287,621Public$0
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