A cold front moved through the region and interacted with the remnants of Hurricane Ike.  Widespread heavy rain was reported across Missouri and Illinois causing major flooding across the region.  Also, winds from the remnants of Hurricane Ike caused tree, power line and building damage in some locations.

Strong Wind in MADISON, ILLINOIS
From 14-SEP-08 08:00:00 to 14-SEP-08 08:00:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 33.00 MG
Property damage: 5.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

Strong winds associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ike blew over numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines throughout the county.  Two miles southeast of Pontoon Beach, a tree was blown over onto Illinois Route 162, west of I-255.  Some corn crops were blown over in the Highland area.

Strong Wind in MONROE, ILLINOIS
From 14-SEP-08 08:00:00 to 14-SEP-08 08:00:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 42.00 MG
Property damage: 2.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Strong winds associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ike blew down several trees and power lines in Waterloo.  Elsewhere, HH Road near Deer Hill Road and Route 156 between old and new Valmeyer had trees down across the roadways.

Flash Flood in MACOUPIN, ILLINOIS
From 14-SEP-08 06:00:00 to 14-SEP-08 15:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: SCOTTVILLE
Flood cause: Heavy Rain / Tropical System
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Up to 5 inches of rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ike fell onto already saturated soils causing flash flooding.  Numerous roads were flooded in the Carlinville, Gillespie, Virden and Mount Olive areas.  Route 4 was closed in Carlinville due to the flooding.  Three water rescues had to be performed in just an hour as 3 people drove into flooded roadways and became stranded.  One driver got out of his car and was swept downstream about a quarter of a mile before grabbing onto a tree till he was rescued.  Numerous culverts were washed out countywide.  In Gillespie, rain soaked soil collapsed the basement wall and foundation of a home on South Macoupin Street.

Flood in MONROE, ILLINOIS
From 14-SEP-08 06:00:00 to 14-SEP-08 15:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: COLUMBIA
Flood cause: Heavy Rain / Tropical System
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Up to three inches of rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ike fell onto already saturated soils causing flooding.  Numerous roads were flooded.

Flood in BOND, ILLINOIS
From 14-SEP-08 06:00:00 to 14-SEP-08 15:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: SORENTO
Flood cause: Heavy Rain / Tropical System
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Up to 3 inches of rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ike fell onto already saturated soils causing flooding.  Numerous roads were flooded countywide.

Strong Wind in BOND, ILLINOIS
From 14-SEP-08 08:00:00 to 14-SEP-08 08:00:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 43.00 EG
Property damage: 2.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Strong winds associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ike blew down numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines countywide.  On Route 140 near Smithboro, a power line and tree limbs were covering the roadway.

Strong Wind in RANDOLPH, ILLINOIS
From 14-SEP-08 07:30:00 to 14-SEP-08 07:30:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 41.00 EG
Property damage: 2.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down countywide due to the remnants of Hurricane Ike.

Strong Wind in MACOUPIN, ILLINOIS
From 14-SEP-08 08:30:00 to 14-SEP-08 08:30:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 41.00 MG
Property damage: 1.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down countywide due to the remnants of Hurricane Ike.

Flood in PIKE, ILLINOIS
From 14-SEP-08 02:00:00 to 14-SEP-08 15:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: HULL ARPT
Flood cause: Heavy Rain / Tropical System
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Three to five inches of rain fell onto already saturated soils causing flooding due to the remnants of Hurricane Ike.  Numerous roads were flooded countywide, especially in the Hull, Nebo, Pleasant Hill, Perry and Pittsfield areas.

Strong Wind in PIKE, ILLINOIS
From 14-SEP-08 08:30:00 to 14-SEP-08 08:30:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 39.00 EG
Property damage: 5.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Strong winds associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ike blew over a large hay barn and overturned an empty hog trailer just north of Perry.

Strong Wind in CLINTON, ILLINOIS
From 14-SEP-08 08:00:00 to 14-SEP-08 08:00:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 41.00 EG
Property damage: 3.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down in Germantown, Breese and Carlyle due to the remnants of Hurricane Ike.  One tree landed on a garage in Breese causing moderate damage.  Also, there was lots of corn crop damage countywide.

Strong Wind in MONTGOMERY, ILLINOIS
From 14-SEP-08 08:30:00 to 14-SEP-08 08:30:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 41.00 MG
Property damage: 1.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

Numerous tree limbs and power lines were blown down in Nokomis due to the remnants of Hurricane Ike.

Flood in MONTGOMERY, ILLINOIS
From 14-SEP-08 06:00:00 to 14-SEP-08 16:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: WAGGONER
Flood cause: Heavy Rain / Tropical System
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Up to 6 inches of rain fell onto already saturated soils causing flooding.  The rain was from the remnants of Hurricane Ike.  Numerous roads were flooded countywide, especially in the Nokomis, Hillsboro, Litchfield, Witt and Raymond areas.  In Raymond, one person drove into the flood waters at the railroad underpass on Route 127 just south of Route 48 and got stuck.  He managed to get out of his truck and get to dry land on his own.

Strong Wind in WASHINGTON, ILLINOIS
From 14-SEP-08 08:00:00 to 14-SEP-08 08:00:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 43.00 MG
Property damage: 1.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Strong winds associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ike blew down a large tree and a few power lines in Nashville.

Flash Flood in MADISON, ILLINOIS
From 14-SEP-08 06:00:00 to 14-SEP-08 15:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: ALTON
Flood cause: Heavy Rain / Tropical System
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Flash flooding occurred when very heavy rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Ike fell onto already saturated soils.  Between 3 and 5 inches of rain fell in just under 6 hours.  Numerous roads were flooded throughout the county.  Some towns affected by the flooding were Alton, Fosterburg, Troy, Edwardsville and Granite City.  East Lake Drive near Gerber Road was washed out in Edwardsville.  In East Alton, a home was flooded on Tomilson Avenue.  Near Hamel, 12 girl scouts and 4 adults leaders had to be rescued from a girl scout camp when flood waters washed out a bridge to the campground.  Also, 2 people had to be rescued from their mobile home due to Wood River Creek flooding the surrounding area northeast of Alton.  Numerous other water rescues occurred due to people driving into flooded roadways.

Flash Flood in ST. CLAIR, ILLINOIS
From 14-SEP-08 06:00:00 to 14-SEP-08 15:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: VENICE
Flood cause: Heavy Rain / Tropical System
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Up to 4 inches of rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ike fell onto already saturated soils causing flash flooding.  In East St. Louis, several dozen homes were flooded.  Also, several people had to be evacuated from their homes and apartments due to the flooding.  The exit ramps on I-255 and I-64 were flooded for a time.