Scattered severe thunderstorms may bring large hail and isolated damaging winds this weekend over parts of the south central U.S. Smoke from Canadian wildfires will bring air quality issues to parts of the north central U.S. this weekend. Moderate to Severe geomagnetic storm conditions will remain possible into early Monday following a strong coronal mass ejection from the sun. Read More >
Overview
Thunderstorms moved over Bureau County, Illinois during the late afternoon/early evening hours of May 28, 2020. The city of DePue, IL saw approximately 3.00” of rain in 50 minutes which caused high impact flash flooding. Radar interrogation showed the heaviest rains began approximately 4:40 pm and continued through 5:30 pm, with lighter rain continuing beyond 5:30 pm. Public reports indicate that flash flooding began in the city at approximately 5:30pm and by 7:30pm the water had receded.
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Storm Reports
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 614 PM CDT FRI MAY 29 2020 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0535 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 WSW DEPUE 41.33N 89.31W 05/28/2020 BUREAU IL NWS STORM SURVEY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER STEEP TERRAIN CAUSED SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING IN AND NEAR DEPUE, IL LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MUDSLIDES BLOCKED ROADWAYS AT TWO LOCATIONS NORTH OF DEPUE. THE HEAVY RAIN MOVED RAPIDLY DOWN BLUFFS INTO A CREEK, WHICH FLOWED RAPIDLY INTO THE TOWN. 2 TO 3 FEET OF WATER FLOWED RAPIDLY THROUGH STREETS. THE FORCE OF WATER AND DEBRIS ALSO BLEW OUT AN UNDERGROUND CULVERT AT 2 LOCATIONS. FLASH FLOODING IMPACTED MUCH OF THE NORTHWEST PART OF DEPUE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. |
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