Iroquois County Damage | Flooding | Rainfall | Storm Reports
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1031 PM CDT MON MAY 7 2012 /1131 PM EDT MON MAY 7 2012/ ...DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS OF THE MAY 6TH STORMS FROM IROQUOIS COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF DAMAGE ACROSS IROQUOIS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THAT WAS EXPERIENCED DURING THE STORMS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ONE TORNADO WAS DISCOVERED AMONGST WIND DAMAGE THROUGHOUT THE GENERAL WATSEKA AREA. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE DETAILED RESULTS. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...EF-1 TORNADO SOUTHEAST OF WATSEKA... EVENT...EF1 TORNADO. MAXIMUM WINDS...85 TO 95 MPH. PATH LENGTH...1.5 MILES. LOCATION...2.5 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF WATSEKA TO 4 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF WATSEKA. MAXIMUM WIDTH...ESTIMATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 100 TO 200 YARDS. TIME...ESTIMATED BETWEEN 4:48 PM AND 4:54 PM PER ACCOUNTS AND RADAR IMAGERY. DAMAGE...TWO FARMSTEADS EXPERIENCED ALMOST ALL OF THE DAMAGE WITH THIS TORNADO...WITH THREE OTHERS HAVING SOME TREE DAMAGE. A SMALL BARN WAS DESTROYED WITH ITS CINDER BLOCK WALLS TOPPLED AND ROOF THROWN ONE HALF MILE. MULTIPLE OUTBUILDINGS HAD MAINLY MINOR DAMAGE. ONE UTILITY POLE WAS DOWNED. REMARKS...AT ONE OF THE FARMSTEADS THERE WERE SEVERAL IMPALED OBJECTS...INCLUDING PIECES OF WOOD INTO A CAMPER AND THE GROUND...AS WELL AS A STOP SIGN INTO THE SOIL OF AN UPROOTED TREE BASE. COMPLEXITIES...THIS SURVEY WAS COMPLEX WITH THE TORNADO WITHIN A GENERAL AREA OF WIDESPREAD STRONG...AND AT TIMES SEVERE...STRAIGHT- LINE WINDS. MANY OF THE ACCOUNTS FROM CITIZENS NEAR THE DAMAGE AREA MENTIONED SEEING ROTATION WITHIN THE CLOUDS AT SOME POINT...ALTHOUGH THERE WERE AREA REPORTS OF WIDESPREAD DUST AND APPARENT WEAK GUSTNADOES IN IN ADVANCE OF STRONG WINDS AND ZERO VISIBILITY WITHIN HEAVY RAIN SOON AFTER THAT. THERE APPEARED TO BE STORM INTERACTION BASED ON RADAR IN THIS AREA THAT HELPED TO DEVELOP A TORNADO NEAR THE FRONT EDGE OF THE STRONG WINDS. HISTORY...THIS WAS THE FIRST TORNADO IN IROQUOIS COUNTY SINCE AN EF0 OCCURRED NEAR CISSNA PARK ON JUNE 21ST 2010. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 24... EVENT...STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS. MAXIMUM WINDS...APPROXIMATELY 100 MPH. AREA...A 3 MILE NARROW SWATH. LOCATION...IMMEDIATELY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 24 FROM 2.5 MILES EAST OF CRESCENT CITY TO 1 MILE WEST OF WATSEKA. TIME...ESTIMATED AT APPROXIMATELY 4:35-4:40 PM PER ACCOUNTS AND RADAR IMAGERY. DAMAGE...APPROXIMATELY FIFTY 70-FOOT HIGH UTILITY POLES WERE BLOWN OVER TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST ACROSS A RAILROAD LINE IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 24. SEVERAL WERE SNAPPED. A FEW LARGE TREES ALSO NEAR THE RAILROAD WERE DOWNED. ------------------------------------------------------------------ ...THROUGHOUT WATSEKA... ACROSS THE TOWN OF WATSEKA THERE WAS FOUND TO BE SCATTERED SEVERE WIND DAMAGE. WIND SPEEDS LIKELY APPROACHED 80 MPH AT TIMES BASED ON THE SIZE OF SOME OF THE LARGE TREES DOWNED AND A FEW UTILITY POLES DOWNED. THERE WAS ALSO SOME MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO A FEW BUILDINGS. ------------------------------------------------------------------- ...NEAR ASHKUM...DANFORTH...AND GILMAN...AND NORTH OF WATSEKA... THE NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM FOUND NO SIGNS OF DAMAGE IN THESE AREAS DESPITE LOW-LEVEL ROTATION ON RADAR AND REPORTS OF ROTATION AND FUNNEL CLOUDS. ------------------------------------------------------------------ THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK IROQUOIS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE WITH THE SURVEY...ALONG WITH MULTIPLE CITIZENS FOR SHARING THEIR ACCOUNTS OF THE EVENT. $$ FRIEDLEIN/GILLEN/POULOS/VOSS
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Tornado Damage ESE of Watseka, IL |
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Tornado Damage ESE of Watseka, IL |
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Tornado Damage ESE of Watseka, IL |
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Baseball size hail in Iroquois County (courtesy of Steve Peters, shared by Tammie Souza) |
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Flooding at IL 17 and IL 115 in Eastern Kankakee County near Essex |
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Flooding Along IL 17 in Eastern Kankakee County near Essex |
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Flooding Near Caberry in Northern Ford County (Radar Estimated 5-7 inches) |
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Flooding Signatures in Iroqouis County (Left = Ashkum area, Right = Watseka area) |
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Text Listing of Area Rainfall Reports
UBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1017 AM CDT MON MAY 07 2012
...MORNING RAINFALL ROUNDUP...
THE FOLLOWING ARE RAIN AMOUNTS FOR THE PREVIOUS 24-HOURS
AS MEASURED IN THE MORNING BY NWS COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS
AND COCORAHS OBSERVERS.
OBSERVATIONS ARE USUALLY TAKEN BETWEEN 6 AND 8 AM.
24-HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS
FOR MONDAY(05/07/12)...
ILLINOIS RAIN
LOCATION (COUNTY): FALL (IN)
MARSEILLES (LA SALLE)........................4.43
PIPER CITY (FORD)............................4.10
WATSEKA (IROQUOIS)...........................3.98
WILMINGTON 6NW (WILL)........................3.57
MORRIS 6ESE (GRUNDY).........................3.34
COAL CITY 4NNW (GRUNDY)......................3.04
ODELL 4SE (LIVINGSTON).......................3.00
STREATOR (LIVINGSTON)........................3.00
EMINGTON 2SSE (LIVINGSTON)...................2.88
MANHATTAN 5ENE (WILL)........................2.80
MONTGOMERY 1SSE (KENDALL)....................2.75
MANHATTAN (WILL).............................2.73
CHEBANSE (KANKAKEE)..........................2.70
SENECA 1NE (LA SALLE)........................2.66
CHANNAHON (WILL).............................2.64
WATSEKA 5W (IROQUOIS)........................2.62
SENECA 2SSW (LA SALLE).......................2.49
PEOTONE (WILL)...............................2.47
CHANNAHON 1NNE (WILL)........................2.46
CRESCENT CITY (IROQUOIS).....................2.43
DWIGHT (LIVINGSTON)..........................2.41
MORRIS 1SW (GRUNDY)..........................2.38
PEOTONE (WILL)...............................2.36
PEOTONE (WILL)...............................2.36
PEOTONE (WILL)...............................2.35
STEWARD (LEE)................................2.28
MARSEILLES 6WNW (LA SALLE)...................2.23
MONTGOMERY 2SSE (KENDALL)....................2.20
ST ANNE (KANKAKEE)...........................2.17
BEECHER 3SSE (WILL)..........................2.12
MAZON (GRUNDY)...............................2.10
ORLAND HILLS 1SE (COOK)......................2.08
CHANNAHON 2SSE (WILL)........................2.06
PEOTONE (WILL)...............................2.06
BATAVIA (KANE)...............................2.05
MOKENA 1W (WILL).............................2.02
JOLIET LOCK/DAM (WILL).......................2.00
WILLOW SPRINGS (COOK)........................2.00
BURR RIDGE 2SW (DU PAGE).....................1.99
NAPERVILLE 4SSW (WILL).......................1.98
DRESDEN LOCK/DAM (GRUNDY)....................1.97
GRANT PARK 6ENE (KANKAKEE)...................1.94
GENEVA 3WSW (KANE)...........................1.93
MINOOKA (GRUNDY).............................1.92
MILFORD (IROQUOIS)...........................1.91
HOMEWOOD (COOK)..............................1.89
OTTAWA 1ESE (LA SALLE).......................1.88
HOMER GLEN 1ENE (WILL).......................1.84
GENEVA 2WSW (KANE)...........................1.76
BATAVIA 1WSW (KANE)..........................1.75
MARSEILLES 3NW (LA SALLE)....................1.75
NEW LENOX 2SE (WILL).........................1.73
YORKVILLE 1W (KENDALL).......................1.72
PARK FOREST 1NNE (COOK)......................1.71
MONEE (WILL).................................1.71
MORRIS (GRUNDY)..............................1.71
GENEVA 2WSW (KANE)...........................1.70
SUGAR GROVE 2ENE (KANE)......................1.69
LANSING (COOK)...............................1.68
TINLEY PARK 3NW (COOK).......................1.67
CRETE 3E (WILL)..............................1.66
OAK PARK 1NNE (COOK).........................1.63
NAPERVILLE 4SSW (WILL).......................1.63
LISBON 4NE (KENDALL).........................1.62
OAK PARK 1NE (COOK)..........................1.58
NORTH AURORA 2NE (KANE)......................1.58
FLOSSMOOR (COOK).............................1.57
ORLAND PARK 5WNW (WILL)......................1.57
FRANKFORT 2NNE (WILL)........................1.56
BATAVIA 2WNW (KANE)..........................1.55
WINFIELD (DU PAGE)...........................1.55
CAROL STREAM (DU PAGE).......................1.54
YORKVILLE 1NE (KENDALL)......................1.54
ANTIOCH 4W (LAKE)............................1.53
PLAINFIELD 2SSE (WILL).......................1.53
ELBURN (KANE)................................1.51
KANKAKEE 3SE (KANKAKEE)......................1.50
ELBURN (KANE)................................1.50
AURORA (KANE)................................1.46
KANKAKEE (KANKAKEE)..........................1.45
HOMER GLEN 4WNW (WILL).......................1.44
AMBOY (LEE)..................................1.43
GENEVA 2ENE (KANE)...........................1.43
GENEVA 1SSW (KANE)...........................1.43
AURORA 4SE (DU PAGE).........................1.39
BONFIELD 4WSW (KANKAKEE).....................1.39
LANSING (COOK)...............................1.38
ROSELLE 1ESE (DU PAGE).......................1.38
ELGIN 1WSW (KANE)............................1.38
CHICAGO 6NNE (COOK)..........................1.37
HANOVER PARK 2SSW (DU PAGE)..................1.36
LOCKPORT 1SE (WILL)..........................1.36
NEW LENOX 4SE (WILL).........................1.36
SHABBONA (DE KALB)...........................1.36
NAPERVILLE 3ESE (DU PAGE)....................1.35
ROMEOVILLE (WILL)............................1.35
RICHTON PARK (COOK)..........................1.35
JOLIET 2N (WILL).............................1.32
PONTIAC 1ESE (LIVINGSTON)....................1.31
PONTIAC (LIVINGSTON).........................1.30
PONTIAC 1SE (LIVINGSTON).....................1.29
OTTAWA (LA SALLE)............................1.29
SUGAR GROVE 1NE (KANE).......................1.28
LAKE VILLA 1SSW (LAKE).......................1.28
LAKEMOOR 2SE (LAKE)..........................1.27
WINTHROP HARBOR (LAKE).......................1.26
SHERIDAN (LA SALLE)..........................1.26
WEST CHICAGO (DU PAGE).......................1.24
BARTLETT 1SSE (DU PAGE)......................1.23
NAPERVILLE 2ENE (DU PAGE)....................1.23
SUGAR GROVE 1ENE (KANE)......................1.23
MIDWAY 3SW (COOK)............................1.23
NEWARK (KENDALL).............................1.23
PLAINFIELD 5SW (KENDALL).....................1.22
LISLE MORTON ARB (DU PAGE)...................1.20
ZION (LAKE)..................................1.19
OTTAWA (LA SALLE)............................1.19
ROCKFORD 2ENE (WINNEBAGO)....................1.19
JOLIET 2WNW (WILL)...........................1.18
OHARE (COOK).................................1.18
PAW PAW (LEE)................................1.18
WOODSTOCK 4SW (MCHENRY)......................1.16
JOLIET (WILL)................................1.16
YORKVILLE 2SE (KENDALL)......................1.16
WINTHROP HARBOR 1SSW (LAKE)..................1.15
JOLIET 3NW (WILL)............................1.15
ELBURN 3NNE (KANE)...........................1.14
ALSIP (COOK).................................1.13
SYCAMORE 2NNE (DE KALB)......................1.13
WOODSTOCK 1SSW (MCHENRY).....................1.13
VILLA PARK 1NW (DU PAGE).....................1.12
CHICAGO RIDGE (COOK).........................1.11
WORTH (COOK).................................1.11
BOLINGBROOK 3NE (DU PAGE)....................1.11
LISLE (DU PAGE)..............................1.11
ALGONQUIN 1N (MCHENRY).......................1.11
GLEN ELLYN 1NNW (DU PAGE)....................1.10
LISLE 1SE (DU PAGE)..........................1.10
ASHTON (LEE).................................1.10
HARWOOD HEIGHTS 2NNE (COOK)..................1.08
NAPERVILLE 1NW (DU PAGE).....................1.08
CHICAGO 6ESE (COOK)..........................1.06
SHERIDAN 3SSE (LA SALLE).....................1.06
ST. CHARLES 6NW (KANE).......................1.05
WAUKEGAN 2N (LAKE)...........................1.05
PLAINFIELD 1SW (WILL)........................1.05
PLAINFIELD (WILL)............................1.05
PARK FOREST (COOK)...........................1.05
SPRING GROVE 2N (MCHENRY)....................1.05
FAIRBURY (LIVINGSTON)........................1.04
OAK LAWN 2SE (COOK)..........................1.04
COUNTRYSIDE 1ENE (COOK)......................1.04
PAXTON (FORD)................................1.04
ELMHURST (DU PAGE)...........................1.03
MOMENCE 3NE (KANKAKEE).......................1.03
BULL VALLEY 2WNW (MCHENRY)...................1.03
HOFFMAN ESTATES 5W (COOK)....................1.01
MANTENO 2SSE (KANKAKEE)......................1.00
OTTAWA 2N (LA SALLE).........................1.00
ROCKFORD 3NE (WINNEBAGO).....................1.00
BARRINGTON (LAKE)............................0.99
GLEN ELLYN (DU PAGE).........................0.99
DOWNERS GROVE 2SE (DU PAGE)..................0.98
ELGIN 2W (KANE)..............................0.98
SUBLETTE (LEE)...............................0.98
OAK PARK 1SW (COOK)..........................0.97
WESTMONT 1SSE (DU PAGE)......................0.96
PAXTON (FORD)................................0.96
WAUKEGAN (LAKE)..............................0.96
AURORA (KANE)................................0.95
OAK PARK 2S (COOK)...........................0.95
ROLLING MEADOWS 1ESE (COOK)..................0.95
GLEN ELLYN 1NW (DU PAGE).....................0.95
LOMBARD 1NNW (DU PAGE).......................0.94
ELGIN 1S (KANE)..............................0.94
HARVARD (MCHENRY)............................0.94
MORRIS (GRUNDY)..............................0.93
PARK RIDGE (COOK)............................0.93
MORRIS 5NNW (GRUNDY).........................0.93
MARENGO (MCHENRY)............................0.93
AURORA 4NE (DU PAGE).........................0.92
OSWEGO 5SSE (KENDALL)........................0.92
ELK GROVE VILLAGE 2WSW (COOK)................0.91
GLEN ELLYN 1NE (DU PAGE).....................0.90
BURNHAM-HEGEWISCH 2NNW (COOK)................0.89
ROCHELLE (OGLE)..............................0.89
ST CHARLES 7NW (KANE)........................0.89
HEBRON 1WNW (MCHENRY)........................0.88
WILMINGTON 3SE (WILL)........................0.88
ELGIN 2WNW (KANE)............................0.87
GURNEE 2NE (LAKE)............................0.87
GURNEE 2W (LAKE).............................0.86
ELGIN (KANE).................................0.85
NORTH RIVERSIDE (COOK).......................0.85
BEACH PARK 1W (LAKE).........................0.85
INVERNESS 2S (COOK)..........................0.84
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS 1SW (COOK).................0.84
COUNTRYSIDE 1NNE (COOK)......................0.84
GLEN ELLYN 2SSE (DU PAGE)....................0.84
AMBOY (LEE)..................................0.84
WOODSTOCK 1WSW (MCHENRY).....................0.84
OAK BROOK (DU PAGE)..........................0.84
GLEN ELLYN 1SE (DU PAGE).....................0.83
LA SALLE (LA SALLE)..........................0.83
HEBRON (MCHENRY).............................0.83
CHICAGO 5NE (COOK)...........................0.82
ELK GROVE VILLAGE 1ESE (COOK)................0.82
CHENOA 4NNW (LIVINGSTON).....................0.82
BOURBONNAIS (KANKAKEE).......................0.81
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS 1SW (COOK).................0.81
WEST CHICAGO 3N (DU PAGE)....................0.81
WHEATON (DU PAGE)............................0.81
ROCKFORD 1NW (WINNEBAGO).....................0.80
LODA (IROQUOIS)..............................0.79
HUNTLEY 4W (MCHENRY).........................0.78
SCHAUMBURG 3WSW (COOK).......................0.77
DIXON 2SW (LEE)..............................0.77
CARY 1NNE (MCHENRY)..........................0.77
CHATSWORTH (LIVINGSTON)......................0.75
HARVARD (MCHENRY)............................0.75
RAVENSWOOD MANOR (COOK)......................0.75
BONFIELD 4NNE (KANKAKEE).....................0.75
CHATSWORTH (LIVINGSTON)......................0.75
WAUCONDA (LAKE)..............................0.74
CARY (MCHENRY)...............................0.73
CARY 2NE (MCHENRY)...........................0.72
HARVARD 1S (MCHENRY).........................0.72
CORTLAND (DE KALB)...........................0.71
OTTAWA 1NW (LA SALLE)........................0.69
LAKE ZURICH (LAKE)...........................0.68
EARLVILLE 3S (LA SALLE)......................0.67
EVANSTON 1N (COOK)...........................0.67
LONG GROVE 1NNE (LAKE).......................0.67
LA GRANGE (COOK).............................0.67
LINCOLNWOOD 2E (COOK)........................0.65
BONFIELD 2NW (KANKAKEE)......................0.65
WOODSTOCK 1SW (MCHENRY)......................0.65
GENOA (DE KALB)..............................0.64
CHICAGO 5NNW (COOK)..........................0.64
EVANSTON 1SSE (COOK).........................0.62
LA GRANGE PARK 1SSW (COOK)...................0.62
BYRON 3N (OGLE)..............................0.58
WINNETKA 1ESE (COOK).........................0.57
MENDOTA 1N (LA SALLE)........................0.54
WONDER LAKE 1WNW (MCHENRY)...................0.54
DE KALB (DE KALB)............................0.53
HAWTHORN WOODS 1N (LAKE).....................0.53
MUNDELEIN (LAKE).............................0.53
OGLESBY 1ESE (LA SALLE)......................0.51
PERU (LA SALLE)..............................0.51
DIXON 3NNW (LEE).............................0.50
MENDOTA 2SE (LA SALLE).......................0.48
BOTANIC GARDENS (COOK).......................0.47
HIGHWOOD (LAKE)..............................0.45
WHEELING (COOK)..............................0.44
LINCOLNSHIRE 1.3WSW (LAKE)...................0.40
BUFFALO GROVE 2N (LAKE)......................0.39
PECATONICA 2S (WINNEBAGO)....................0.39
MENDOTA (LA SALLE)...........................0.38
WOODSTOCK 5NW (MCHENRY)......................0.33
ROCKFORD 4NW (WINNEBAGO).....................0.32
LAKE BLUFF 1W (LAKE).........................0.18
ROCKFORD (WINNEBAGO).........................0.14
ROCKTON 1ESE (WINNEBAGO).....................0.09
ROSCOE 2ESE (WINNEBAGO)......................0.05
ROSCOE 2SE (WINNEBAGO).......................0.05
NEW MILLFORD 3W (WINNEBAGO)..................0.03
INDIANA RAIN
LOCATION (COUNTY): FALL (IN)
CROWN POINT 8ESE (PORTER)....................4.25
HEBRON 1NW (PORTER)..........................4.22
CROWN POINT 2WSW (LAKE)......................4.10
LAKES OF THE FOUR SEASONS (PORTER)...........3.92
CROWN POINT (LAKE)...........................3.87
KOUTS 2WSW (PORTER)..........................3.87
HEBRON 4NE (PORTER)..........................3.76
CROWN POINT 1N (LAKE)........................3.58
KENTLAND 2SSE (NEWTON).......................3.57
KOUTS 3SSW (PORTER)..........................3.50
WHEATFIELD 6NW (JASPER)......................3.40
LAKES OF THE FOUR SEASONS 2NNE (PORTER)......3.37
VALPARAISO 6WSW (PORTER).....................3.36
KENTLAND (NEWTON)............................3.07
VALPARAISO 7WSW (PORTER).....................2.98
KENTLAND 1NNW (NEWTON).......................2.77
DE MOTTE 1NNW (JASPER).......................2.51
VALPARAISO 6S (PORTER).......................2.50
DE MOTTE 1SSW (JASPER).......................2.40
VALPARAISO 6WSW (PORTER).....................2.31
VALPARAISO 4SW (PORTER)......................2.23
(W9OPR)WHEATFIELD 1ENE (JASPER)..............2.15
VALPARAISO 6SSW (PORTER).....................2.14
BROOK 4W (NEWTON)............................2.11
(KB9F)VALPARAISO 4S (PORTER).................2.08
DE MOTTE 4SW (JASPER)........................2.06
VALPARAISO 2SW (PORTER)......................1.98
LOWELL (LAKE)................................1.97
WHEATFIELD 2ENE (JASPER).....................1.95
ST. JOHN (LAKE)..............................1.91
LAKE VILLAGE 2W (NEWTON).....................1.90
VALPARAISO (PORTER)..........................1.86
MOROCCO (NEWTON).............................1.85
VALPARAISO 1SE (PORTER)......................1.84
DYER 1WNW (LAKE).............................1.81
VALPARAISO 3WSW (PORTER).....................1.79
DE MOTTE 6S (JASPER).........................1.72
FAIR OAKS 6SW (NEWTON).......................1.65
REMINGTON (JASPER)...........................1.50
REMINGTON (JASPER)...........................1.49
VALPARAISO 2ESE (PORTER).....................1.46
VALPARAISO 1NNW (PORTER).....................1.31
MOUNT AYR 2NNE (NEWTON)......................1.29
WHEATFIELD 3S (JASPER).......................1.28
VALPARAISO 1ENE (PORTER).....................1.23
SCHERERVILLE 2WSW (LAKE).....................1.22
RENSSELAER 6SE (JASPER)......................1.17
VALPARAISO (PORTER)..........................1.16
VALPARAISO 2N (PORTER).......................1.12
RENSSELAER 5NW (JASPER)......................1.10
HIGHLAND 1S (LAKE)...........................1.10
VALPARAISO 2NW (PORTER)......................1.03
(WV90)HOBART 1ENE (LAKE).....................1.00
HAMMOND 3SW (LAKE)...........................0.97
HOBART 2E (LAKE).............................0.97
RENSSELAER 10NNE (JASPER)....................0.95
VALPARAISO 6NW (PORTER)......................0.94
HIGHLAND 1ESE (LAKE).........................0.93
CHESTERTON 1ENE (PORTER).....................0.90
CHESTERTON 4E (PORTER).......................0.88
VALPARAISO 5NNE (PORTER).....................0.87
VALPARAISO 5NNE (PORTER).....................0.87
GARY 4SSW (LAKE).............................0.84
RENSSELAER 4N (JASPER).......................0.83
PORTAGE 1ESE (PORTER)........................0.81
(KB9UUO)NEW CHICAGO 1SSE (LAKE)..............0.78
RENSSELAER (JASPER)..........................0.77
PORTER 1S (PORTER)...........................0.75
RENSSELAER 5E (JASPER).......................0.72
PORTAGE 3E (PORTER)..........................0.72
COLLEGEVILLE 2SSE (JASPER)...................0.63
RENSSELAER 2SSW (JASPER).....................0.60
RENSSELAER 10NE (JASPER).....................0.50
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NWUS53 KLOT 090018
LSRLOT
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
718 PM CDT TUE MAY 08 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1025 AM HAIL BELVIDERE 42.25N 88.85W
05/06/2012 E1.00 INCH BOONE IL COCORAHS
MOSTLY PEA AND SLIGHTLY LARGER - SOME NICKEL-SIZED AND A
FEW QUARTER-SIZED.
1040 AM HAIL BELVIDERE 42.25N 88.85W
05/06/2012 E1.00 INCH BOONE IL PUBLIC
1104 AM HAIL 4 NE LISBON 41.52N 88.43W
05/06/2012 E0.75 INCH KENDALL IL COCORAHS
1115 AM HEAVY RAIN 4 NE LISBON 41.52N 88.43W
05/06/2012 E0.85 INCH KENDALL IL COCORAHS
0.85 INCH IN 20 MINUTES.
1250 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 N WAUKEGAN 42.40N 87.87W
05/06/2012 E1.02 INCH LAKE IL COCORAHS
1.02 INCHES IN 40 MINUTES.
0100 PM HAIL PARK FOREST 41.48N 87.69W
05/06/2012 E0.88 INCH COOK IL PUBLIC
0115 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 E LAKEMOOR 42.34N 88.17W
05/06/2012 E1.12 INCH LAKE IL COCORAHS
2 MILES SE OF LAKEMOOR...OR 1 MILE SOUTH OF VOLO - 1.12
INCHES IN 60 MINUTES.
0115 PM HEAVY RAIN WINTHROP HARBOR 42.48N 87.83W
05/06/2012 E1.08 INCH LAKE IL COCORAHS
1.08 INCHES IN 60 MINUTES.
0215 PM HEAVY RAIN FOX LAKE 42.42N 88.18W
05/06/2012 E1.70 INCH LAKE IL PUBLIC
STORM TOTAL OF 1.70 INCHES FROM THE MORNING RAINFALL.
0252 PM HAIL CHICAGO 41.88N 87.63W
05/06/2012 E0.88 INCH COOK IL TRAINED SPOTTER
MIXED NICKEL AND DIME SIZE HAIL IN HUMBOLDT PARK.
0320 PM HAIL 13 NW CLIFTON 41.07N 88.11W
05/06/2012 M1.00 INCH KANKAKEE IL TRAINED SPOTTER
INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROADS 3300 NORTH AND 400 EAST IN
NORTHWEST IROQUOIS COUNTY.
0325 PM HAIL 12 NW CLIFTON 41.06N 88.10W
05/06/2012 M1.75 INCH KANKAKEE IL TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROXIMATELY AT INTERSECTION OF 3200 NORTH AND 400 EAST
IN NORTHWEST IROQUOIS COUNTY.
0330 PM FLASH FLOOD CABERY 40.99N 88.20W
05/06/2012 FORD IL NWS STORM SURVEY
IL HIGHWAY 115 WAS COVERED QUICKLY WITH WATER BASED ON
FIELD DEBRIS AND MUD SIGNATURES OVER THE ROAD. MULTIPLE
OTHER ROADS HAD SIGNATURES THEY HAD BEEN COVERED WITH
WATER. BASED ON RADAR THIS LIKELY HAPPENED TWICE IN TWO
HEAVY RAINFALL BOUTS SEPARATED BY SIX HOURS. THIS WAS THE
FIRST TIME AND START TIME IS ESTIMATED PER RADAR.
0331 PM HAIL STREATOR 41.13N 88.83W
05/06/2012 M1.00 INCH LA SALLE IL TRAINED SPOTTER
IN TOWN.
0333 PM HAIL CHEBANSE 41.00N 87.91W
05/06/2012 M1.75 INCH IROQUOIS IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0335 PM HAIL CLIFTON 40.94N 87.93W
05/06/2012 E2.75 INCH IROQUOIS IL EMERGENCY MNGR
EM RELAYED A PUBLIC REPORT OF BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.
0350 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 2 NNE ASHKUM 40.91N 87.94W
05/06/2012 IROQUOIS IL TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTED A LOW ROTATING WALL CLOUD WITH A
POSSIBLE FUNNEL.
0350 PM TSTM WND GST 6 E WENONA 41.05N 88.94W
05/06/2012 M60.00 MPH LIVINGSTON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0350 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 6 E WENONA 41.05N 88.94W
05/06/2012 LIVINGSTON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
FUNNEL WAS BECOMING RAIN-WRAPPED.
0355 PM FLASH FLOOD 4 SE STREATOR 41.08N 88.78W
05/06/2012 LIVINGSTON IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER MANY ROADWAYS IN NEW TOWN TOWNSHIP. THIS
CONTINUES AS OF 7 PM.
0357 PM FUNNEL CLOUD STREATOR 41.13N 88.83W
05/06/2012 LA SALLE IL PUBLIC
LAW ENFORCEMENT RELAYED A PUBLIC REPORT OF A POSSIBLE
FUNNEL VISIBLE FROM THE 1500 BLOCK OF SOUTH JEFFERSON.
0415 PM FLASH FLOOD 5 E WENONA 41.05N 88.96W
05/06/2012 LA SALLE IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TWO FEET OF WATER OVER ILLINOIS HIGHWAY 17 NEAR THE LA
SALLE AND LIVINGSTON COUNTY BORDERS.
0435 PM HEAVY RAIN 5 W WATSEKA 40.78N 87.83W
05/06/2012 E1.37 INCH IROQUOIS IL COCORAHS
1.37 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES. SOME WIND DAMAGE TO FARM
BUILDING DUE TO STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
0437 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 E CRESCENT CITY 40.77N 87.82W
05/06/2012 IROQUOIS IL NWS STORM SURVEY
AN NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS
TOPPLED APPROXIMATELY FIFTY 70-FOOT HIGH WOODEN UTILITY
POLES. THESE WERE BLOWN DOWN TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST ACROSS
A RAILROAD LINE IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY
24 FOR A 3 MILE NARROW SWATH. SEVERAL WERE SNAPPED. A FEW
LARGE TREES ALSO NEAR THE RAILROAD WERE DOWNED. TIME
ESTIMATED BASED ON REPORTS AND RADAR.
0444 PM TSTM WND DMG WATSEKA 40.78N 87.73W
05/06/2012 IROQUOIS IL NWS STORM SURVEY
NUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWNED SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE
TOWN. DENSITY WAS THE HIGHEST ON THE NORTH SIDE OF
TOWN...WHERE THREE UTILITY POLES WERE ALSO DOWNED. THERE
WAS MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO A FEW BUILDINGS. TIME ESTIMATED
BASED ON ACCOUNTS AND RADAR.
0448 PM TORNADO 2 ESE WATSEKA 40.76N 87.70W
05/06/2012 IROQUOIS IL NWS STORM SURVEY
AN NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED AN EF1 TORNADO WITH
MAXIMUM WINDS OF 85 TO 95 MPH TOUCHED DOWN 2.5 MILES ESE
TO 4 MILES ESE OF WATSEKA WITH A PATH LENGTH OF
APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES. MULTIPLE OUTBUILDINGS WERE
DAMAGED AT TWO FARMSTEADS...INCLUDING ONE SMALL BARN WITH
CINDER BLOCK WALLS BASICALLY DESTROYED WITH ITS ROOFED
TOSSED ONE HALF MILE. A HANDFUL OF LARGE TREES ALSO WERE
DOWNED.
0455 PM HAIL CHATSWORTH 40.75N 88.29W
05/06/2012 M0.88 INCH LIVINGSTON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN THE TOWN OF CHATSWORTH.
0530 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 ESE WATSEKA 40.76N 87.70W
05/06/2012 IROQUOIS IL NWS STORM SURVEY
1730N ROAD BUCKLED AT THE INTERSECTION OF RTE 1. THIS WAS
VERY LIKELY DUE TO WATER. TIME IS ESTIMATED.
0558 PM TSTM WND DMG OTTERBEIN 40.49N 87.11W
05/06/2012 BENTON IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
DELAYED REPORT. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. 2 POWERPOLES
DOWN AND A LARGE TREE LIMB ACROSS A ROAD.
0638 PM FLASH FLOOD 5 WSW KENTLAND 40.74N 87.53W
05/06/2012 BENTON IN TRAINED SPOTTER
ROAD COMPLETELY WASHED OUT AT THE INTERSECTION OF 900N
AND 1100W AT THE BENTON AND IROQUOIS COUNTY LINE. WATER
UP TO THE HOOD OF CAR SPOTTER IS IN.
0702 PM FLASH FLOOD 4 N FREELAND PARK 40.68N 87.49W
05/06/2012 BENTON IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER COMPLETELY COVERING ROUTE 71 AT INTERSECTION OF
500N.
1055 PM FLOOD CEDAR LAKE 41.37N 87.44W
05/06/2012 LAKE IN PUBLIC
MODERATE STREET FLOODING.
1057 PM FLASH FLOOD MARSEILLES 41.33N 88.69W
05/06/2012 LA SALLE IL TRAINED SPOTTER
RYALL STREET IMPASSABLE AND CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. ABOUT
2 FEET OF WATER COVERING ROAD...WITH RUNOFF CONTINUING
DOWNHILL INTO AREA.
1104 PM HAIL STREATOR 41.13N 88.83W
05/06/2012 M1.00 INCH LA SALLE IL TRAINED SPOTTER
1230 AM FLASH FLOOD 3 SW MORRIS 41.34N 88.47W
05/07/2012 GRUNDY IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
WEST SOUTHMOR ROAD SOUTHWEST OF THE TOWN CENTER
IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOODING.
1250 AM FLASH FLOOD CEDAR LAKE 41.37N 87.44W
05/07/2012 LAKE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. 133RD AVENUE HAS
ABOUT 3.5 OF WATER COVERING ROAD...WITH 2.5 TO 3 FEET OF
WATER COVERING LAKESHORE DRIVE.
1250 AM FLASH FLOOD CROWN POINT 41.42N 87.36W
05/07/2012 LAKE IN PUBLIC
SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING. SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER
FLOWING DOWN STREETS WITH MANHOLE COVERS OFF SPEWING
WATER EVERYWHERE.
1257 AM HEAVY RAIN HEBRON 41.32N 87.20W
05/07/2012 M2.87 INCH PORTER IN TRAINED SPOTTER
2.87 INCHES SINCE 1030 PM CDT. STILL RAINING VERY
HEAVILY.
0100 AM FLOOD 4 SW ESSEX 41.14N 88.25W
05/07/2012 GRUNDY IL NWS STORM SURVEY
SEVERAL ROADS HAD WATER COVERING THEM IN PLACES WITHIN
THIS GENERAL AREA. ALMOST ALL CREEKS WERE OUT OF THEIR
BANKS WITH A MAJORITY OF FIELDS FLOODED. IL HIGHWAY 17
HAD WATER ACROSS ONE LANE OF THE ROAD IN MULTIPLE
LOCATIONS STILL HOURS LATER. NEAR THIS LOCATION START
TIME OF FLOODING ESTIMATED PER RADAR.
0130 AM FLASH FLOOD CABERY 40.99N 88.20W
05/07/2012 FORD IL NWS STORM SURVEY
IN AND AROUND CABERRY MULTIPLE ROADWAYS HAD SIGNATURES
THAT THE WATER HAD COME UP QUICKLY AND ENCOMPASSED THE
ROADS WITH FIELD AND MUD DEBRIS. IL HIGHWAY 115 WAS ONE
OF THE COVERED ROADS. START TIME ESTIMATED PER RADAR.
0137 AM HEAVY RAIN HEBRON 41.32N 87.20W
05/07/2012 M4.47 INCH PORTER IN TRAINED SPOTTER
4.47 INCHES SINCE 1030 PM CDT. 1.60 INCHES IN THE LAST 40
MINUTES.
0214 AM HEAVY RAIN HEBRON 41.32N 87.20W
05/07/2012 M4.60 INCH PORTER IN TRAINED SPOTTER
4.60 INCHES SINCE 1030 PM CDT.
0215 AM FLASH FLOOD HEBRON 41.32N 87.20W
05/07/2012 PORTER IN TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL ROADS IN HEBRON FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. BOTH
RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOWING. WATER APPROACHING BUILDINGS
IN INDUSTRIAL PARK.
0220 AM FLASH FLOOD KENTLAND 40.77N 87.45W
05/07/2012 NEWTON IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
1800S 700W IMPASSABLE AND CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
0300 AM FLOOD 1 E CABERY 40.99N 88.19W
05/07/2012 FORD IL NWS STORM SURVEY
ALMOST ALL FIELDS FLOODED. ONE CREEK OVER A ROADWAY JUST
EAST OF CABERRY NUMEROUS HOURS AFTER THE HEAVIEST OF
RAINFALL.
0330 AM FLOOD 1 NE DANFORTH 40.83N 87.96W
05/07/2012 IROQUOIS IL NWS STORM SURVEY
OLD US HIGHWAY 45 WAS COVERED WITH WATER AND REMAINED AS
SUCH AT LEAST INTO THE AFTERNOON. NUMEROUS FIELDS IN THE
AREA WERE ALSO FLOODED. START TIME ESTIMATED PER RADAR.
ORIGINAL REPORT RELAYED BY IDOT HOURS AFTER THE RAIN.
0645 AM FLASH FLOOD 1 S KENTLAND 40.76N 87.45W
05/07/2012 NEWTON IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
U.S. 41 CLOSED NEAR 1700S. START TIME OF FLOODING
UNKNOWN.
0645 AM FLASH FLOOD 4 NW HEBRON 41.36N 87.26W
05/07/2012 LAKE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
U.S. 231 FLOODED/IMPASSABLE NEAR LEROY. SEVERAL OTHER
MAJOR AND MINOR ROADS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE ACROSS
SOUTHERN PORTER COUNTY. START TIME OF FLOODING UNKNOWN.
0645 AM FLASH FLOOD WILMINGTON 41.30N 88.16W
05/07/2012 WILL IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGH WATER ON CHICAGO ROAD AND WILMINGTON-PEOTONE ROAD.
TIME OF FLOODING UNKNOWN.
1233 PM HEAVY RAIN CHESTERTON 41.60N 87.06W
05/07/2012 M1.00 INCH PORTER IN TRAINED SPOTTER
1 INCH PAST 24 HOURS.
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