Showers, along with a few strong to severe thunderstorms, are expected from the Great Lakes, New England and southward into the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys. In the wake of this system, a stronger storm is expected to track from the Pacific Northwest, Plains and through the Eastern U.S. this weekend. Strong winds, showers and a larger drop in temperatures are expected this weekend into Monday. Read More >
Overview
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Scattered thunderstorms once again developed across northern Illinois on Monday, August 29th, bringing isolated very heavy rainfall amounts due to a moist atmosphere and slow storm motion. The locations hardest hit include along the I-90 corridor from Cherry Valley into the northwest Chicago metro, as well as some locations in Lee County near Amboy, and LaSalle County in and near Mendota and Triumph. |
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Storm Reports
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
545 PM CDT TUE AUG 30 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0315 PM FLOOD STREAMWOOD 42.02N 88.17W
08/29/2016 COOK IL TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL STREETS WITH A FEW INCHES OF WATER COVERING THE
ROAD...MOST SIGNIFICANT ALONG PARK BOULEVARD. UP TO 6
INCHES ON ONE INTERSECTION.
0330 PM FLASH FLOOD 10 S DIXON 41.70N 89.48W
08/29/2016 LEE IL TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A FOOT OF WATER MOVING ACROSS
PUMP FACTORY ROAD BETWEEN AMBOY ROAD AND MCCOY ROAD 10
MILES SOUTH OF DIXON.
0330 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 WSW ELK GROVE VILLAGE 41.99N 88.03W
08/29/2016 M2.05 INCH COOK IL COCORAHS
2.05 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST TWO HOURS. MINOR CURB
SIDE FLOODING WAS ALSO OBSERVED.
0345 PM FLOOD HOFFMAN ESTATES 42.06N 88.14W
08/29/2016 COOK IL TRAINED SPOTTER
ANKLE DEEP FLOOD WATERS ON THE ROAD OUTSIDE CONANT HIGH
SCHOOL.
0350 PM FLASH FLOOD ROSELLE 41.98N 88.08W
08/29/2016 DUPAGE IL TRAINED SPOTTER
IRVING PARK ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
0440 PM FLOOD 6 NNE CAROL STREAM 42.00N 88.10W
08/29/2016 COOK IL TRAINED SPOTTER
PART OF THE ROUTE 390 FRONTAGE ROAD NEAR IRVING PARK ROAD
AND WRIGHT BOULEVARD WITH UP TO 1 FT OF WATER COVERING
IT.
0507 PM FLOOD MENDOTA 41.55N 89.12W
08/29/2016 LA SALLE IL PUBLIC
CREEK OUT OF BANKS
0515 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 SSE PLAINFIELD 41.59N 88.19W
08/29/2016 M1.01 INCH WILL IL COCORAHS
1.01 INCHES IN 25 MINUTES. MINOR FLOODING ALSO OBSERVED.
0540 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 S BELVIDERE 42.24N 88.85W
08/29/2016 BOONE IL PUBLIC
CAR STALLED IN DEEP WATER AND OTHER FLOODED ROADS AROUND
TOWN
0525 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 WSW ELK GROVE VILLAGE 41.99N 88.03W
08/30/2016 M2.11 INCH COOK IL COCORAHS
24 HOUR TOTAL
0530 AM HEAVY RAIN AMBOY 41.72N 89.33W
08/30/2016 M1.46 INCH LEE IL COCORAHS
24 HOUR TOTAL
0545 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 N ALGONQUIN 42.18N 88.30W
08/30/2016 M1.58 INCH MCHENRY IL COCORAHS
24 HOUR TOTAL
0600 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 S EARLVILLE 41.55N 88.92W
08/30/2016 M1.45 INCH LA SALLE IL CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HOUR TOTAL
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 5 SW PLAINFIELD 41.56N 88.27W
08/30/2016 M1.98 INCH KENDALL IL COCORAHS
24 HOUR TOTAL
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 E SCHAUMBURG 42.03N 88.04W
08/30/2016 M2.08 INCH COOK IL COCORAHS
24 HOUR TOTAL
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN PAW PAW 41.69N 88.98W
08/30/2016 M2.58 INCH LEE IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN CARY 42.21N 88.25W
08/30/2016 M2.08 INCH MCHENRY IL COCORAHS
24 HOUR TOTAL
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN PLAINFIELD 41.62N 88.20W
08/30/2016 M1.80 INCH WILL IL CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HOUR TOTAL
0725 AM FLOOD 4 NE TROY GROVE 41.50N 89.02W
08/30/2016 LA SALLE IL BROADCAST MEDIA
IN TRIUMPH IL THERE IS STANDING WATER ACROSS
APPROXIMATELY ONE THIRD OF THE TOWNS ROADS.
Rain Reports
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| 24 Hour Precipitation Ending at 7 AM August 30 |
Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Chicago IL
1028 AM CDT Tue Aug 30 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 Tuesday(08/30/16)...
Illinois Rain
Location (County): fall (inches)
Mendota 1N (La Salle)........................2.68
Paw Paw (Lee)................................2.58
Mendota (La Salle)...........................2.18
Elk Grove Village 2WSW (Cook)................2.11
Schaumburg 2E (Cook).........................2.08
Cary (McHenry)...............................2.08
Roselle 1ESE (Du Page).......................2.00
Plainfield 5SW (Kendall).....................1.98
Plainfield (Will)............................1.80
Lincolnwood 3E (Cook)........................1.76
Algonquin 1N (McHenry).......................1.58
Amboy (Lee)..................................1.46
Earlville 3S (La Salle)......................1.45
De Kalb (De Kalb)............................1.43
Rockford 2ENE (Winnebago)....................1.43
Genoa (De Kalb)..............................1.42
Amboy (Lee)..................................1.40
Sublette (Lee)...............................1.40
Plainfield 2SSE (Will).......................1.39
Dixon 3NNW (Lee).............................1.38
Rockford 1NW (Winnebago).....................1.23
Streator 1WSW (La Salle).....................1.21
Plano (Kendall)..............................1.20
North Utica 6N (La Salle)....................1.17
Plainfield 1SW (Will)........................1.16
Naperville 2ESE (Du Page)....................1.15
Shabbona (De Kalb)...........................1.14
Roselle 1W (Du Page).........................1.13
Belvidere (Boone)............................1.12
Yorkville 2SE (Kendall)......................1.06
Rockford 6S (Winnebago)......................1.03
Steward (Lee)................................1.01
Ashton (Lee).................................0.97
Palatine 1E (Cook)...........................0.92
Streamwood 1W (Cook).........................0.91
Seneca 2SSW (La Salle).......................0.90
Elmhurst 1ESE (Du Page)......................0.89
Rochelle (Ogle)..............................0.88
De Kalb (De Kalb)............................0.87
La Salle (La Salle)..........................0.85
Ottawa (La Salle)............................0.85
Morris (Grundy)..............................0.84
Dixon 2SW (Lee)..............................0.81
Rockford (Winnebago).........................0.81
Somonauk 2NE (De Kalb).......................0.80
Naperville 1NW (Du Page).....................0.80
Park Ridge (Cook)............................0.78
Morris 2N (Grundy)...........................0.78
Dixon (Lee)..................................0.77
Barrington (Lake)............................0.76
Lisbon 4NE (Kendall).........................0.76
Marseilles (La Salle)........................0.76
Ottawa 2N (La Salle).........................0.74
Elk Grove Village 1ESE (Cook)................0.73
Peru 1SW (La Salle)..........................0.73
Ottawa (La Salle)............................0.72
Peru (La Salle)..............................0.72
Park Ridge 1WNW (Cook).......................0.70
Rockford 3NE (Winnebago).....................0.70
Bonfield 4WSW (Kankakee).....................0.67
Morris (Grundy)..............................0.66
Rogers Park 2SW (Cook).......................0.64
Channahon 1NNE (Will)........................0.63
Hoffman Estates 5W (Cook)....................0.60
Ottawa 1NW (La Salle)........................0.60
Minooka (Grundy).............................0.59
Ohare (Cook).................................0.57
Sugar Grove 1ENE (Kane)......................0.55
Arlington Heights 1SW (Cook).................0.54
Dwight 4NNW (Grundy).........................0.54
Elmhurst 2SE (Du Page).......................0.53
Morris 2SSE (Grundy).........................0.52
Sheridan 3SSE (La Salle).....................0.52
Rochelle (Ogle)..............................0.52
Bolingbrook 3NE (Du Page)....................0.50
Gilberts (Kane)..............................0.49
Plainfield 3ESE (Will).......................0.49
Channahon 2SSE (Will)........................0.48
Sugar Grove 1NE (Kane).......................0.47
Elgin 8WSW (Kane)............................0.45
Joliet 3WNW (Will)...........................0.45
Joliet Lock/dam (Will).......................0.45
Mazon 0.5ENE (Grundy)........................0.44
Elgin 2W (Kane)..............................0.44
Wilmington 6NW (Will)........................0.42
Aurora (Kane)................................0.41
Elgin (Kane).................................0.41
Morris 6ESE (Grundy).........................0.41
Elgin 1S (Kane)..............................0.41
Dwight (Livingston)..........................0.40
Downers Grove 0.4NNE (Du Page)...............0.40
Monee (Will).................................0.39
Elburn (Kane)................................0.38
Lombard 1NNW (Du Page).......................0.38
Cortland (De Kalb)...........................0.37
Elgin (Kane).................................0.36
Elgin 2WNW (Kane)............................0.36
Joliet (Will)................................0.35
Bonfield 4NNE (Kankakee).....................0.34
Lake Zurich (Lake)...........................0.33
Bartlett 1SE (Du Page).......................0.32
Carol Stream (Du Page).......................0.31
Cicero 2SSW (Cook)...........................0.30
Willow Springs (Cook)........................0.29
Geneva 1SSW (Kane)...........................0.28
Joliet 2n (Will).............................0.28
Aurora (Kane)................................0.27
Lincolnshire 1N (Lake).......................0.27
Oswego 5SSE (Kendall)........................0.26
Batavia 2WNW (Kane)..........................0.26
North Aurora 2NE (Kane)......................0.26
Aurora 4SE (Du Page).........................0.25
Pontiac (Livingston).........................0.25
Braceville (Grundy)..........................0.24
Wheeling (Cook)..............................0.24
West Chicago (Du Page).......................0.23
Montgomery 1SSE (Kendall)....................0.23
Chicago 6NNE (Cook)..........................0.22
St. Charles 6NW (Kane).......................0.22
Buffalo Grove 2N (Lake)......................0.22
Chatsworth (Livingston)......................0.21
Oak Park 1NNE (Cook).........................0.21
New Lenox 3ENE (Will)........................0.21
Harvard (McHenry)............................0.20
Burr Ridge 2SW (Du Page).....................0.19
Batavia 1WNW (Kane)..........................0.19
Riverwoods (Lake)............................0.19
Botanic Gardens (Cook).......................0.18
Lincolnshire 1.3WSW (Lake)...................0.18
Byron 3N (Ogle)..............................0.18
Manhattan 5ENE (Will)........................0.18
Manhattan (Will).............................0.18
Westmont (Du Page)...........................0.18
Capron (Boone)...............................0.16
River Forest 1SSE (Cook).....................0.16
Glencoe (Cook)...............................0.16
Plainfield 3SE (Will)........................0.15
Oak Lawn 2WNW (Cook).........................0.13
Lockport 3ESE (Will).........................0.12
Lockport 1SE (Will)..........................0.12
New Lenox 4SE (Will).........................0.12
Romeoville (Will)............................0.12
Mchenry (McHenry)............................0.12
Highwood 1S (Lake)...........................0.10
Woodstock 4SW (McHenry)......................0.10
Lansing (Cook)...............................0.10
Geneva 4WSW (Kane)...........................0.09
Mundelein (Lake).............................0.09
Batavia (Kane)...............................0.08
Pontiac 1SE (Livingston).....................0.08
Homer Glen 1ENE (Will).......................0.08
Woodstock 1SSW (McHenry).....................0.07
Elwood 5NE (Will)............................0.07
Alsip (Cook).................................0.06
Chicago Ridge (Cook).........................0.05
Bull Valley 2WNW (McHenry)...................0.05
Manhattan 1ESE (Will)........................0.05
Woodstock 5nw (McHenry)......................0.05
Oak Lawn 2SE (Cook)..........................0.04
Oak Lawn (Cook)..............................0.04
New Lenox 2SE (Will).........................0.04
Worth (Cook).................................0.03
Park Forest 1NNE (Cook)......................0.03
Burnham-hegewisch 2NNW (Cook)................0.03
Villa Park 1NW (Du Page).....................0.03
Gurnee 2W (Lake).............................0.03
Lakemoor 2SE (Lake)..........................0.03
Mundelein 2WNW (Lake)........................0.03
Midway Coop (Cook)...........................0.03
Hebron (McHenry).............................0.02
Homewood (Cook)..............................0.02
Elmhurst (Du Page)...........................0.02
Beach Park 1W (Lake).........................0.02
Lake Bluff 1W (Lake).........................0.02
Fox Lake 2SE (Lake)..........................0.02
Roscoe 2ESE (Winnebago)......................0.02
Roscoe 2se (Winnebago).......................0.02
Chicago 5NE (Cook)...........................0.01
Gurnee 2NE (Lake)............................0.01
Lake Villa 1SSW (Lake).......................0.01
Lake Villa 2WSW (Lake).......................0.01
New Lenox 3E (Will)..........................0.01
Chicago 6ESE (Cook).........................TRACE
Oak Park 2S (Cook)..........................TRACE
Beecher 3SSE (Will).........................TRACE
Wilmington 3SE (Will).......................TRACE
Midway (Cook)...............................TRACE
Milford (Iroquois)..........................TRACE
Waukegan (Lake).............................TRACE
Indiana Rain
Location (County): fall (inches)
Schererville 1E (Lake).......................0.03
Hobart 1NNW (Lake)...........................0.02
Valparaiso 2NW (Porter)......................0.02
Crown Point 2WSW (Lake)......................0.01
(kb9f)Valparaiso 4S (Porter)................TRACE
Porter 1S (Porter)..........................TRACE
Valparaiso 6NW (Porter).....................TRACE
Valparaiso (Porter).........................TRACE
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