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Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall in the Central and Southern Plains

Severe thunderstorms capable of very large hail, damaging wind gusts, and a few tornadoes are possible today across parts of the central and southern Plains. Heavy rain will pose a threat for flash flooding across portions of central and coastal Texas. Thunderstorms may also cause isolated wind damage across the Southeast. Read More >

Overview

Scattered thunderstorms quickly became numerous along the I-88 corridor on the early afternoon of Friday, July 29th.  These were extremely slow moving, leading to large totals in a short amount of time.  With antecedent wet conditions, this rainfall brought flash flooding to DeKalb, Kane, DuPage, and Cook Counties.  Some of the flooding persisted into the day after.  In addition, the DuPage River at Bolingbrook reached a top 10 crest in its ~20 year period of record.

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Rainfall Estimated from Bias-Corrected Radar
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