A strong cold front will gradually push through the Eastern U.S. over the next couple of days and will bring heavy rain and severe weather, primarily damaging winds . Excessive rainfall may result in flash flooding in the central Great Lakes and central Appalachians. Flash flood watches are currently in effect from the coastal Carolinas to the Great Lakes. Read More >
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1050 AM CDT WED JUL 3 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 AM HEAVY RAIN BERWYN 41.84N 87.79W
07/03/2019 M3.58 INCH COOK IL PUBLIC
0300 AM HEAVY RAIN STREATOR 41.12N 88.84W
07/03/2019 M2.81 INCH LA SALLE IL TRAINED SPOTTER
TOTAL SINCE MIDNIGHT.
0925 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NNW SHOREWOOD 41.56N 88.23W
07/02/2019 WILL IL PUBLIC
REPORTED AT RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 3 FOOT
DIAMETER TREE UPROOTED. DAMAGE TO ROOF OVER
THE GYMNASIUM. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
0900 PM FLOOD DARIEN 41.75N 87.98W
07/02/2019 DUPAGE IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
DARIEN PD REPORTS VIA SOCIAL MEDIA SEVERAL
ROADWAYS IMPACTED BY STANDING WATER DUE TO
HEAVY RAINFALL.
0834 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 N WESTMONT 41.81N 87.98W
07/02/2019 M3.23 INCH DUPAGE IL PUBLIC
PRIVATE WEATHER STATION NEAR OGDEN AND CASS
IN WESTMONT REPORTED 3.0 INCHES OF RAINFALL
IN 1 HOUR. 3.23 INCHES STORM TOTAL THROUGH
MIDNIGHT.
0830 PM FLOOD 2 SE CICERO 41.82N 87.72W
07/02/2019 COOK IL BROADCAST MEDIA
MULTIPLE SOURCES SHARING VIDEO VIA SOCIAL
MEDIA OF STANDING WATER UP TO ONE FOOT DEEP
ACROSS ALL LANES OF I-55 NEAR PULASKI ROAD.
0829 PM HEAVY RAIN WESTERN SPRINGS 41.81N 87.90W
07/02/2019 M4.52 INCH COOK IL PUBLIC
PRIVATE WEATHER STATION NEAR DOWNTOWN
WESTERN SPRINGS REPORTED 3.38 INCHES OF RAIN
IN 1 HOUR. 4.52 INCHES STORM TOTAL THROUGH
MIDNIGHT.
0820 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 W MONTGOMERY 41.73N 88.37W
07/02/2019 KANE IL PUBLIC
NUMEROUS POWER LINES DOWN ON AUCUTT RD. TIME
ESTIMATED OFF OF RADAR. REPORT RECIEVED VIA
SOCIAL MEDIA.
0806 PM FLOOD 1 WNW LOVES PARK 42.32N 89.08W
07/02/2019 WINNEBAGO IL BROADCAST MEDIA
CORRECTS PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD REPORT FROM 1
WNW LOVES PARK. WATER A FOOT DEEP ON W.
RIVERSIDE BLVD AND NORTH MAIN STREET.
0800 PM FLOOD 1 N WESTMONT 41.82N 87.98W
07/02/2019 DUPAGE IL BROADCAST MEDIA
MULTIPLE MEDIA SOURCES REPORT OVERFLOW OF
DETENTION POND NEAR 40TH AND CASS IN
WESTMONT DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. FLOODING OF
STREETS IN VICINITY AS WELL AS WATER
ENTERING A FEW RESIDENTIAL BASEMENTS.
0800 PM FLOOD 1 S MACHESNEY PARK 42.33N 89.04W
07/02/2019 WINNEBAGO IL PUBLIC
PHOTO SHARED TO SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWING SATURN
STREET FLOODED IN LOVES PARK.
0734 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 SW MACHESNEY PARK 42.34N 89.05W
07/02/2019 M2.40 INCH WINNEBAGO IL PUBLIC
PRIVATE WEATHER STATION REPORTED 2.1 INCHES
OF RAIN IN 1 HOUR. STORM TOTAL 2.4 INCHES BY
MIDNIGHT.
0839 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 SSW ENGLEWOOD 41.76N 87.65W
07/02/2019 COOK IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
LARGE TREE DOWNED. REPORTED AT 7128 SOUTH
MAY STREET, CHICAGO, IL.
0835 PM FLASH FLOOD LA GRANGE PARK 41.83N 87.87W
07/02/2019 COOK IL PUBLIC
STREET FLOODING REPORTED WITH TWO INCHES OF
RAIN HAVING FALLEN. DISPATCH ALSO REPORTS
SEVERAL ROADS BLOCKED BY FLOODING
APPROXIMATELY 1 FOOT DEEP.
0821 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 ENE MONTGOMERY 41.74N 88.32W
07/02/2019 KANE IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TWO TREES DOWN NEAR EAST SIDE OF AURORA.
TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
0820 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 S GARFIELD PARK 41.85N 87.72W
07/02/2019 COOK IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS VIADUCTS COMPLETELY SUBMERGED AND
IMPASSABLE, PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTH
LAWNDALE NEIGHBORHOOD.
0749 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 WNW MACHESNEY PARK 42.37N 89.12W
07/02/2019 WINNEBAGO IL BROADCAST MEDIA
TREE DOWNED AND BRANCHES DOWNED.
0745 PM FLOOD CICERO 41.85N 87.75W
07/02/2019 COOK IL PUBLIC
0730 PM TSTM WND DMG WHEATON 41.87N 88.11W
07/02/2019 DUPAGE IL PUBLIC
TOP HALF OF LARGE TREE BRANCH SNAPPED. VIA
SOCIAL MEDIA.
0730 PM HAIL 1 SSE WINFIELD 41.86N 88.14W
07/02/2019 E0.70 INCH DUPAGE IL PUBLIC
VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
0730 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 W WHEATON 41.87N 88.13W
07/02/2019 DUPAGE IL TRAINED SPOTTER
5 FT DIAMETER TREE UPROOTED. TREES ON HOUSES
IN THE VICINITY OF ROOSEVELT RD AND COUNTY
FARM RD. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
0712 PM TSTM WND GST 4 NNE TOWN OF PINES 41.73N 86.92W
07/02/2019 M41 MPH LMZ745 IN C-MAN STATION
0710 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SSW BARRINGTON HILLS 42.12N 88.18W
07/02/2019 COOK IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
0703 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 S NORTH BARRINGTON 42.20N 88.13W
07/02/2019 LAKE IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE BRANCH DOWN ON POWER LINES. TIME
ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
0620 PM TSTM WND GST 3 NE NAVY PIER 41.92N 87.57W
07/02/2019 E39 MPH LMZ741 IL C-MAN STATION
0611 PM TSTM WND DMG LIMESTONE 41.13N 87.97W
07/02/2019 KANKAKEE IL EMERGENCY MNGR
MULTIPLE TREES DOWNED, INCLUDING ONTO POWER
LINES, DUE TO A DOWNBURST.
0600 PM TSTM WND GST 5 NE KENILWORTH 42.14N 87.66W
07/02/2019 E43 MPH LMZ740 IL BUOY
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Rain Reports
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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Chicago IL
0843 AM CDT Wed Jul 03 2019
...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 Wednesday(07/03/19)...
Illinois Rain
Location (County): fall (inches)
Berwyn 1NW (Cook)............................3.12
Oak Park 2S (Cook)...........................3.05
Mendota (La Salle)...........................2.98
Earlville 5NNE (De Kalb).....................2.86
Downers Grove 0.4NNE (Du Page)...............2.62
La Grange Park 1SSW (Cook)...................2.58
Lisle Morton Arb (Du Page)...................2.54
Montgomery 1SSE (Kendall)....................2.38
Mendota (La Salle)...........................2.35
Oak Park 1SW (Cook)..........................2.24
Glen Ellyn 2SSE (Du Page)....................2.20
Countryside 1ENE (Cook)......................2.18
Westmont 1SSW (Du Page)......................1.93
Elmhurst 2SE (Du Page).......................1.85
La Salle (La Salle)..........................1.82
Bolingbrook 3NE (Du Page)....................1.78
Peru 1ENE (La Salle).........................1.77
Somonauk (De Kalb)...........................1.76
Chicago 6ESE (Cook)..........................1.74
Somonauk 2NE (De Kalb).......................1.74
Aurora (Kane)................................1.70
Westmont (Du Page)...........................1.68
Zion (Lake)..................................1.67
Winthrop Harbor 1SSW (Lake)..................1.67
Marseilles Lock & Dam (La Salle).............1.66
Herscher 3E (Kankakee).......................1.63
Aurora 4SE (Du Page).........................1.62
Naperville 4SSW (Will).......................1.61
Park Forest 1SW (Cook).......................1.53
Chebanse (Kankakee)..........................1.52
Rockford 3NE (Winnebago).....................1.43
Elmhurst 1ESE (Du Page)......................1.41
Midway Coop (Cook)...........................1.38
Sugar Grove 1NE (Kane).......................1.34
Midway (Cook)................................1.34
Earlville 3S (La Salle)......................1.32
Roscoe 2ESE (Winnebago)......................1.27
Plainfield (Will)............................1.27
Roscoe 2se (Winnebago).......................1.27
Ashkum 5.6E (Iroquois).......................1.23
New Lenox 2SE (Will).........................1.20
Watseka 6.9WNW (Iroquois)....................1.19
Seneca 1NNE (La Salle).......................1.19
Morris 2SSE (Grundy).........................1.16
Park Forest (Cook)...........................1.15
Riverwoods (Lake)............................1.12
Willow Springs (Cook)........................1.10
Oak Lawn (Cook)..............................1.09
Rochelle (Ogle)..............................1.07
Chicago 6NNE (Cook)..........................1.02
Streator (Livingston)........................1.01
Chicago 5NE (Cook)...........................1.00
Steward (Lee)................................1.00
New Lenox 3E (Will)..........................0.99
Plainfield 5SW (Kendall).....................0.98
Ottawa 1NW (La Salle)........................0.97
Worth (Cook).................................0.96
Chicago Ridge (Cook).........................0.94
Plano (Kendall)..............................0.93
Aurora (Kane)................................0.92
Plainfield 2SSE (Will).......................0.92
Kankakee (Kankakee)..........................0.85
North Aurora 2NE (Kane)......................0.85
Morris (Grundy)..............................0.85
Midlothian (Cook)............................0.84
Buffalo Grove 2N (Lake)......................0.84
Joliet 2n (Will).............................0.83
Palos Park 1SW (Cook)........................0.81
Pontiac (Livingston).........................0.81
Flossmoor (Cook).............................0.80
Ottawa (La Salle)............................0.80
Waukegan (Lake)..............................0.77
Crystal Lake 1WSW (McHenry)..................0.76
Algonquin 1N (McHenry).......................0.75
Arlington Heights 1SW (Cook).................0.73
Morris 6ESE (Grundy).........................0.73
Lake Villa 1SSW (Lake).......................0.72
Lake Villa 2WSW (Lake).......................0.72
Morris (Grundy)..............................0.69
Bannockburn (Lake)...........................0.69
Lockport 1SE (Will)..........................0.69
Cortland (De Kalb)...........................0.68
Elk Grove Village 1ESE (Cook)................0.67
Gibson 3WNW (Ford)...........................0.67
Dwight 4NNW (Grundy).........................0.67
Wilmington 3SE (Will)........................0.66
Chatsworth (Livingston)......................0.65
Monee (Will).................................0.65
Watseka (Iroquois)...........................0.65
Oak Park 1NNE (Cook).........................0.64
Belvidere (Boone)............................0.63
Glencoe (Cook)...............................0.62
Joliet 3WNW (Will)...........................0.62
Rochelle (Ogle)..............................0.62
Wheaton 2NNE (Du Page).......................0.61
St Anne (Kankakee)...........................0.60
Waukegan 2N (Lake)...........................0.59
Coal City 4NNW (Grundy)......................0.58
Carbon Hill 3.1N (Grundy)....................0.58
Woodstock 4SW (McHenry)......................0.57
Oak Lawn 2SE (Cook)..........................0.56
Joliet (Will)................................0.54
Romeoville (Will)............................0.54
Schaumburg 2E (Cook).........................0.52
Amboy (Lee)..................................0.51
Crete 3E (Will)..............................0.51
Paw Paw (Lee)................................0.49
Rockford 1NW (Winnebago).....................0.47
South Beloit 2SE (Winnebago).................0.45
Romeoville (Will)............................0.44
Genoa (De Kalb)..............................0.43
Manhattan 2SE (Will).........................0.43
Dwight (Livingston)..........................0.42
Wonder Lake 1WNW (McHenry)...................0.42
Ohare Airport (Cook).........................0.42
Buckley (Iroquois)...........................0.41
Peotone (Will)...............................0.41
Dixon 3NNW (Lee).............................0.40
Highwood 1S (Lake)...........................0.40
Wilmington 6NW (Will)........................0.40
Wheeling (Cook)..............................0.39
Barrington (Lake)............................0.38
Palatine 1NNE (Cook).........................0.37
Elmhurst (Du Page)...........................0.37
Brandon Road Lock & Dam (Will)...............0.37
Cary (McHenry)...............................0.34
Villa Park 1NW (Du Page).....................0.33
Dekalb (De Kalb).............................0.31
Capron (Boone)...............................0.31
Gibson 6NE (Ford)............................0.31
Rockford (Winnebago).........................0.31
Bourbonnais (Kankakee).......................0.29
Batavia (Kane)...............................0.26
Harwood Heights (Cook).......................0.25
Manteno 2NW (Kankakee).......................0.25
Geneva 4WSW (Kane)...........................0.23
Fox Lake 2SE (Lake)..........................0.21
Lansing (Cook)...............................0.20
Lincolnwood 2E (Cook)........................0.20
Round Lake 2WNW (Lake).......................0.20
Channahon 2SSE (Will)........................0.19
Elburn (Kane)................................0.18
Lake Zurich 1N (Lake)........................0.18
Hebron (McHenry).............................0.14
Batavia 1WSW (Kane)..........................0.14
Geneva 1SSW (Kane)...........................0.14
De Kalb (De Kalb)............................0.13
West Chicago (Du Page).......................0.10
Batavia 1WNW (Kane)..........................0.10
Batavia 2WNW (Kane)..........................0.09
Cissna Park 1S (Iroquois)....................0.07
Mundelein (Lake).............................0.07
McHenry (Stratton Lock & Dam) (McHenry)......0.06
Elk Grove Village 2WSW (Cook)................0.05
Roselle 1ESE (Du Page).......................0.05
Woodstock 5nw (McHenry)......................0.05
Hoffman Estates 2SE (Cook)...................0.04
Hoffman Estates 5W (Cook)....................0.03
Elgin (Kane).................................0.02
Peru (La Salle)..............................0.02
St. Charles 6NW (Kane).......................0.01
Elgin 8WSW (Kane)...........................TRACE
Indiana Rain
Location (County): fall (inches)
Rensselaer (Jasper)..........................1.55
Rensselaer 2SSW (Jasper).....................1.45
Brook 4W (Newton)............................1.42
De Motte 1SSW (Jasper).......................0.92
Morocco (Newton).............................0.92
Wheatfield 3S (Jasper).......................0.76
De Motte 1NNW (Jasper).......................0.68
Rensselaer 5NW (Jasper)......................0.62
Griffith 1N (Lake)...........................0.62
Dyer 1WNW (Lake).............................0.60
Rensselaer 10NNE (Jasper)....................0.47
Schererville 1E (Lake).......................0.38
Crown Point (Lake)...........................0.37
Crown Point 1N (Lake)........................0.37
St. John (Lake)..............................0.33
Valparaiso 1NNW (Porter).....................0.32
Valparaiso 2WSW (Porter).....................0.31
Valparaiso (Porter)..........................0.30
Schererville 2ESE (Lake).....................0.29
De Motte 6S (Jasper).........................0.28
Rensselaer 4N (Jasper).......................0.27
Portage 3E (Porter)..........................0.20
Valparaiso 6WSW (Porter).....................0.20
Rensselaer 8ENE (Jasper).....................0.19
Hebron 4NE (Porter)..........................0.18
Valparaiso 6SSW (Porter).....................0.16
Valparaiso 4SW (Porter)......................0.16
Kentland 2SSE (Newton).......................0.15
Gary 5ENE (Lake).............................0.10
Remington (Jasper)...........................0.03
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