PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
957 PM CDT FRI SEP 18 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0410 PM HEAVY RAIN 4 NNW COAL CITY 41.34N 88.30W
09/18/2015 M0.88 INCH GRUNDY IL COCORAHS
RAIN FELL IN 20 MINUTES.
0420 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 N OTTAWA 41.37N 88.84W
09/18/2015 M0.68 INCH LA SALLE IL COCORAHS
RAIN FELL IN 15 MINUTES.
0421 PM HEAVY RAIN W LA SALLE 41.34N 89.10W
09/18/2015 M2.31 INCH LA SALLE IL COCORAHS
RAIN FELL IN 56 MINUTES.
0450 PM TORNADO 5 S FRANKFORT 41.42N 87.84W
09/18/2015 WILL IL EMERGENCY MNGR
4-5 HOMES WITH SLIGHT ROOF DAMAGE. SIX TALL TREES SNAPPED
AND OTHER TREES DOWN. DAMAGE OVER ABOUT A ONE AND A HALF
MILE PATH. VIA WILL COUNTY EMA AND SKYWARN.
0450 PM TORNADO 5 S FRANKFORT 41.42N 87.84W
09/18/2015 WILL IL OTHER FEDERAL
ROOF DAMAGE TO HOME AND TO SUBSTANTIAL WOOD SWING SET.
NEAR INTERSECTION OF SOUTH 88TH AND WEST MONEE-MANHATTAN
ROAD. FROM ZAU AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER.
0450 PM TORNADO 5 S FRANKFORT 41.42N 87.82W
09/18/2015 WILL IL TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER WAS LOCATED NEAR GREEN GARDEN ROAD AND HARLEM AND
SPOTTED THE TORNADO LOOKING SOUTHWEST
0525 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 SW MIDWAY AIRPORT 41.75N 87.79W
09/18/2015 M0.85 INCH COOK IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0.85 INCHES OF RAIN IN 24 MINUTES.
0556 PM FLASH FLOOD 11 S CHICAGO 41.72N 87.63W
09/18/2015 COOK IL EMERGENCY MNGR
ELDERLY WOMAN RESCUED FROM STALLED VEHICLE NEAR 92ND AND
HOYNE AVENUE BY CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT.
0704 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 NE ELGIN 42.05N 88.27W
09/18/2015 M1.01 INCH KANE IL COCORAHS
1.01 INCHES OF RAIN IN 20 MINUTES. 1.80 INCHES SINCE
MIDNIGHT. STILL RAINING.
0710 PM FLASH FLOOD MENDOTA 41.55N 89.12W
09/18/2015 LA SALLE IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
A PORTION OF 251 WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING FOLLOWING THE
HEAVY RAINFALL.
0715 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 SE MENDOTA 41.53N 89.09W
09/18/2015 M2.10 INCH LA SALLE IL COCORAHS
2.10 INCHES IN THE PAST 90 MINUTES. STILL RAINING.
0720 PM HEAVY RAIN W LA SALLE 41.34N 89.10W
09/18/2015 M3.12 INCH LA SALLE IL COCORAHS
STORM TOTAL SO FAR.
0740 PM HEAVY RAIN 4 S CARPENTERSVILLE 42.06N 88.26W
09/18/2015 M3.00 INCH KANE IL COCORAHS
SINCE MIDNIGHT. 2.17 INCHES FELL IN 60 MINUTES.SEVERAL
ROADS INUNDATED.
0754 PM FLASH FLOOD LIBERTYVILLE 42.28N 87.97W
09/18/2015 LAKE IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
41 AND 176 FLOODED.
0835 PM HAIL 3 SSW WELLINGTON 40.50N 87.70W
09/18/2015 M0.75 INCH IROQUOIS IL EMERGENCY MNGR
VIA VERMILLION CO EMA ALSO REPORTED 55 MPH WINDS
0900 PM HAIL 3 SE FOWLER 40.59N 87.28W
09/18/2015 M1.75 INCH BENTON IN EMERGENCY MNGR
LARGE HAIL REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHERN PARTS OF BENTON
COUNTY.