Heat Wave Expands to the East Coast; Flash Flooding Likely in the Central Plains into the Midwest; Severe Thunderstorms in the Northeast

Dangerous, prolonged heat is ongoing in the Mid-South to Mid-Mississippi Valley and heat expands into the Northeast for a brief period today. Widely scattered instances of flash flooding due to heavy rains are forecast from northeast Kansas to much of Indiana. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of New England, northern Mid-Atlantic, and North Dakota. Read More >

From Fog to Flooding to Funnels, It's Been an Active June

Fog | Rainfall | Storms | Funnel Clouds

Fog

Dense Fog

Rainfall

For the latest daily and up-to-date monthly rainfall amounts, visit our climate web page.
Rockford has seen 10 straight days with rain from June 16-25th. The last time the city experienced 10 straight days with rain was Apr 13-22, 2011.

June 18th-19th	June 19th-20th

Lee County, IL experiences over 5 in. of rain	Scattered amounts of 2-4 in. of rain, and even over 4 in. in Dwight

June 21st	June 23rd

Parts of Will County, IL see over 2" in under an hour	Parts of Northwest Indiana receive over 5 in. of rain

Storms

Severe Storm Pattern of June 16th-19th (violent tornadoes in Nebraska to multiple rounds of storms to our area)
Severe Weather and Heavy Rain Event of June 21st

Funnel Clouds

June 24th: Numerous Funnel Clouds in the Western Chicago Metro


June 24th: Glen Ellyn around 6 pm. Photo courtesy of Norm Ramil.	June 24th: Oak Brook around 6:15. Photo courtesy of Annie Marie.

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