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Heavy Rain Continues in Florida; Cold Front Brings Thunderstorms and Showers to Central US

Scattered areas of heavy rain continue to produce isolated flash flooding across the Florida peninsula. Anomalous moisture will combine with a cold front and will bring heavy rain and scattered flash flooding across the Mid-South, Ohio and Tennessee Valleys today and Tuesday. Above average temperatures will continue to be found ahead of the cold front from the Midwest to the Northeast. Read More >

Overview

During the late afternoon and evening of August 24th, a line of thunderstorms moved into northwestern Illinois and produced wind damage in the northern part of the state before weakening as it moved into the Chicago metro. Most of this damage was done to trees and power lines and mainly occurred in DeKalb, Ogle, and Winnebago counties, including inside the city of Rockford.

Additional thunderstorms developed out ahead of the main line and produced a few instances of wind damage and hail. These storms also produced heavy rainfall with over 2 inches of rain falling in the span of one hour in some locations, resulting in localized flooding in northwest McHenry County and northeast Cook County, including the north side of the city of Chicago.

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