There will be daily chances for scattered thunderstorms across portions of the Central and Eastern U.S. through the weekend, with severe thunderstorms possible in the northern Plains and Upper Midwest. Potential severe storm hazards may include large hail, damaging winds, and a few tornadoes. Storms could also produce heavy rain that may lead to isolated instances of flash flooding. Read More >
Overview
During the late afternoon of Thursday, July 7th, scattered storms developed across northern Illinois and slowly moved east-northeast. As the storms grew, their slow movement helped to produce locally heavy rainfall. The Doppler Radar estimated rainfall maps show the localized nature of the heavy rainfall. In addition, there were a handful of funnel cloud reports from the storms due to large scale rotation in the atmosphere. Concentrated storm rotation for tornadoes was not favored.Photos:
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| Funnel Cloud near Yorkville, IL (source Valerie Bank) |
Funnel cloud near Boswell, IN (via Matt Rudkin of WSBT) |
Storm Reports
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
941 PM CDT THU JUL 07 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0740 PM FUNNEL CLOUD S FOWLER 40.62N 87.32W
07/07/2016 BENTON IN EMERGENCY MNGR
BENTON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER RELAYED REPORTS OF FUNNEL
CLOUDS...NEAR/SOUTH OF BOSWELL...AND SOUTH OF FOWLER.
0721 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 NNE HARWOOD HEIGHTS 41.99N 87.79W
07/07/2016 M1.37 INCH COOK IL COCORAHS
RAIN FELL IN ABOUT ONE HOUR.
0650 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 SSW PARK RIDGE 42.00N 87.85W
07/07/2016 M1.24 INCH COOK IL COCORAHS
RAIN FELL IN 40 MINUTES.
0640 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 ESE ELK GROVE VILLAGE 42.00N 87.97W
07/07/2016 M1.79 INCH COOK IL COCORAHS
RAIN FELL IN 50 MINUTES. MINOR STREET FLOODING AND
STANDING WATER IN THE YARD.
0638 PM HEAVY RAIN ST. ANNE 41.02N 87.72W
07/07/2016 M1.50 INCH KANKAKEE IL PUBLIC
RAIN FELL IN ABOUT 40 MINUTES. RELAYED VIA FACEBOOK.
0630 PM FLOOD 5 NNW CHICAGO 41.94N 87.68W
07/07/2016 COOK IL TRAINED SPOTTER
ABOUT A FOOT OF WATER ON SOME STREETS NEAR DAMEN AVE AND
MELROSE ST.
0621 PM FLOOD ELK GROVE VILLAGE 42.01N 87.99W
07/07/2016 COOK IL TRAINED SPOTTER
UP TO 3 INCHES OF WATER IN SOME PARKING LOTS AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS ON ROADWAYS.
0619 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 5 W LELAND 41.61N 88.89W
07/07/2016 LA SALLE IL TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER WAS EAST OF LELAND LOOKING TOWARD FUNNEL CLOUD
PRODUCING SHOWER...WHICH WAS ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF LELAND
NEAR LASALLE DEKALB COUNTY LINE.
0615 PM HEAVY RAIN S MEDINAH 41.98N 88.06W
07/07/2016 M0.71 INCH DUPAGE IL PUBLIC
RAIN IN 14 MINUTES ON SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN. REPORT RELAYED
VIA FACEBOOK.
0524 PM FLOOD BATAVIA 41.85N 88.30W
07/07/2016 KANE IL TRAINED SPOTTER
STREET FLOODING AT KIRK ROAD AND WILSON. WATER UP TO TOPS
OF TIRES IN A FEW SPOTS ON TURNING LANES.
0510 PM FUNNEL CLOUD S PLANO 41.66N 88.53W
07/07/2016 KENDALL IL TRAINED SPOTTER
FUNNEL CLOUD LASTED A FEW MINUTES AND EXTENDED ABOUT HALF
WAY TO THE GROUND.
0500 PM FUNNEL CLOUD YORKVILLE 41.64N 88.45W
07/07/2016 KENDALL IL PUBLIC
LOOKING WEST AT ABOUT 5PM. RELAYED VIA FACEBOOK.
0455 PM HEAVY RAIN MORRIS 41.37N 88.43W
07/07/2016 M1.02 INCH GRUNDY IL AWOS
RAIN FELL IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES.
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Rain Reports
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| Chicago Area Rainfall | Northwest Indiana Rainfall |
Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Chicago IL
900 AM CDT Fri Jul 08 2016
...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 Friday(07/08/16)...
Illinois Rain
Location (County): fall (inches)
Chicago 6NNE (Cook)..........................1.97
Harwood Heights 2NNE (Cook)..................1.37
Park Ridge (Cook)............................1.28
St Anne (Kankakee)...........................1.25
Chebanse (Kankakee)..........................1.06
Ohare (Cook).................................1.05
Morris (Grundy)..............................1.04
Plano (Kendall)..............................1.02
Channahon 2SSE (Will)........................1.00
Aurora 4NE (Du Page).........................0.93
West Chicago (Du Page).......................0.85
Elburn (Kane)................................0.84
Naperville 1NW (Du Page).....................0.77
Momence (Kankakee)...........................0.75
Geneva 1SSW (Kane)...........................0.66
Lisle (Du Page)..............................0.59
Elwood 5NE (Will)............................0.58
Lincolnwood 2E (Cook)........................0.56
Morris 5NNW (Grundy).........................0.55
New Lenox 2SE (Will).........................0.54
Rogers Park 2SW (Cook).......................0.53
Batavia 2WNW (Kane)..........................0.53
Batavia 1WNW (Kane)..........................0.52
Kankakee (Kankakee)..........................0.51
Mazon 0.5ENE (Grundy)........................0.51
Bartlett 1SE (Du Page).......................0.47
Crete 3E (Will)..............................0.46
Morris 2SSE (Grundy).........................0.45
Naperville 2ESE (Du Page)....................0.44
Montgomery 1SSE (Kendall)....................0.43
Aurora 4SE (Du Page).........................0.42
Peotone (Will)...............................0.39
Lincolnwood 3E (Cook)........................0.36
Watseka (Iroquois)...........................0.36
Bonfield 4WSW (Kankakee).....................0.35
Lockport 1SE (Will)..........................0.32
Wilmington 6NW (Will)........................0.30
Naperville 4SSW (Will).......................0.28
Lisle Morton Arb (Du Page)...................0.28
Somonauk 2NE (De Kalb).......................0.27
Roselle 1W (Du Page).........................0.26
New Lenox 3E (Will)..........................0.25
Geneva 4WSW (Kane)...........................0.23
Joliet (Will)................................0.23
Plainfield (Will)............................0.23
Bourbonnais (Kankakee).......................0.22
Carol Stream (Du Page).......................0.20
Lockport 3ESE (Will).........................0.20
Romeoville (Will)............................0.20
Morris 2N (Grundy)...........................0.19
Glen Ellyn (Du Page).........................0.18
Plainfield 1SW (Will)........................0.18
Joliet 2n (Will).............................0.18
Park Forest (Cook)...........................0.17
Plainfield 5SW (Kendall).....................0.16
Marseilles 5WNW (La Salle)...................0.16
Park Forest 1SW (Cook).......................0.15
Elk Grove Village 2WSW (Cook)................0.15
Naperville 2SE (Du Page).....................0.14
Manhattan (Will).............................0.14
Morris (Grundy)..............................0.14
Winfield (Du Page)...........................0.14
Aurora (Kane)................................0.13
Oak Park 1NNE (Cook).........................0.13
Downers Grove 0.4NNE (Du Page)...............0.13
Downers Grove 1S (Du Page)...................0.13
Ashkum 5.6E (Iroquois).......................0.13
North Aurora 2NE (Kane)......................0.13
Chatsworth (Livingston)......................0.12
Coal City 4NNW (Grundy)......................0.12
Carbon Hill 3.1N (Grundy)....................0.12
Watseka 6.9WNW (Iroquois)....................0.12
Lily Lake 2E (Kane)..........................0.12
Chatsworth (Livingston)......................0.12
Plainfield 2SSE (Will).......................0.12
Milford (Iroquois)...........................0.11
Polo (Ogle)..................................0.11
Batavia (Kane)...............................0.10
Sugar Grove 1NE (Kane).......................0.10
Aurora (Kane)................................0.09
Beecher 3SSE (Will)..........................0.09
Westmont (Du Page)...........................0.09
Lansing (Cook)...............................0.08
Chicago 6ESE (Cook)..........................0.08
Park Forest 1NNE (Cook)......................0.08
Dwight (Livingston)..........................0.06
Sterling 4NE (Lee)...........................0.06
Earlville 3S (La Salle)......................0.05
Oak Lawn (Cook)..............................0.05
Bolingbrook 3NE (Du Page)....................0.05
Elmhurst 2SE (Du Page).......................0.05
Homer Glen 1ENE (Will).......................0.05
Chicago Ridge (Cook).........................0.04
Sheridan 3SSE (La Salle).....................0.04
Byron 3N (Ogle)..............................0.04
Midway (Cook)................................0.04
Worth (Cook).................................0.03
Countryside 1ENE (Cook)......................0.03
Elmhurst (Du Page)...........................0.03
Burr Ridge 2SW (Du Page).....................0.03
Oswego 5SSE (Kendall)........................0.03
Dixon 3NNW (Lee).............................0.03
Amboy (Lee)..................................0.03
Streator 4ENE (La Salle).....................0.03
Ottawa (La Salle)............................0.03
St. Charles 6NW (Kane).......................0.02
Dixon 2SW (Lee)..............................0.02
Wilmington 3SE (Will)........................0.02
Paxton (Ford)................................0.02
Rochelle (Ogle)..............................0.02
Willow Springs (Cook)........................0.02
De Kalb (De Kalb)............................0.01
Gibson 3WNW (Ford)...........................0.01
Dwight 4NNW (Grundy).........................0.01
Lisbon 4NE (Kendall).........................0.01
Ashton (Lee).................................0.01
Beach Park 1W (Lake).........................0.01
Ottawa 2N (La Salle).........................0.01
La Salle (La Salle)..........................0.01
Mendota 2SE (La Salle).......................0.01
Midway Coop (Cook)...........................0.01
Wheeling (Cook)..............................0.01
Rockford (Winnebago).........................0.01
Steward (Lee)................................0.01
De Kalb (De Kalb)...........................TRACE
Capron (Boone)..............................TRACE
Glencoe (Cook)..............................TRACE
Gibson 6NE (Ford)...........................TRACE
Braceville (Grundy).........................TRACE
Elgin 2W (Kane).............................TRACE
Gurnee 2NE (Lake)...........................TRACE
Lake Villa 1SSW (Lake)......................TRACE
Waukegan 2N (Lake)..........................TRACE
Ottawa 1NW (La Salle).......................TRACE
Waukegan (Lake).............................TRACE
Indiana Rain
Location (County): fall (inches)
Remington (Jasper)...........................1.84
Lake Village 8SE (Newton)....................1.55
Lake Village (Newton)........................1.31
Wheatfield 5W (Jasper).......................1.15
Remington (Jasper)...........................1.10
Crown Point 2WSW (Lake)......................1.10
De Motte 4SW (Jasper)........................1.05
Winfield 1NE (Lake)..........................1.05
De Motte 1NNW (Jasper).......................1.03
Valparaiso 6S (Porter).......................0.99
Rensselaer 2SSW (Jasper).....................0.91
De Motte 6S (Jasper).........................0.90
De Motte 1SSW (Jasper).......................0.90
Brook 4W (Newton)............................0.85
Morocco (Newton).............................0.82
Rensselaer (Jasper)..........................0.82
Dyer 1WNW (Lake).............................0.76
(w9mal)Merrillville 2NNW (Lake)..............0.71
Crown Point (Lake)...........................0.69
Fair Oaks 6SW (Newton).......................0.68
Valparaiso 6SSW (Porter).....................0.64
(w9opr)Wheatfield 1ENE (Jasper)..............0.60
Valparaiso 7WSW (Porter).....................0.59
Rensselaer 10NNE (Jasper)....................0.58
Rensselaer 2N (Jasper).......................0.55
Crown Point 1N (Lake)........................0.55
Rensselaer 5NW (Jasper)......................0.54
(kb9f)Valparaiso 4S (Porter).................0.54
Valparaiso 6WSW (Porter).....................0.54
Rensselaer 8ENE (Jasper).....................0.50
Lake Village 2W (Newton).....................0.48
Kentland 2SSE (Newton).......................0.40
Wheatfield 3S (Jasper).......................0.33
Rensselaer 8NE (Jasper)......................0.20
Gary 4SSW (Lake).............................0.20
Valparaiso 2NW (Porter)......................0.20
Valparaiso 1NNW (Porter).....................0.18
Valparaiso 3WSW (Porter).....................0.17
Valparaiso (Porter)..........................0.12
Hobart 1NNW (Lake)...........................0.08
(wv90)Hobart 1ENE (Lake).....................0.07
Gary 5ENE (Lake).............................0.03
Portage 1ESE (Porter)........................0.02
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