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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Chicago IL
0927 AM CDT Thu May 31 2018
...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 Thursday(05/31/18)...
Illinois Rain
Location (County): fall (inches)
Barrington (Lake)............................4.48
Elgin 2WNW (Kane)............................3.77
Roselle 1ESE (Du Page).......................3.08
Schaumburg 2E (Cook).........................3.07
Elgin 2W (Kane)..............................3.06
Lombard 1NNW (Du Page).......................2.99
Villa Park 1NW (Du Page).....................2.86
Algonquin 1N (McHenry).......................2.83
Elk Grove Village 2WSW (Cook)................2.72
Elgin (Kane).................................2.70
Woodstock 4SW (McHenry)......................2.64
Hoffman Estates 5W (Cook)....................2.61
Montgomery 1SSE (Kendall)....................2.28
Cary (McHenry)...............................2.25
Woodstock 5nw (McHenry)......................2.16
Cary (McHenry)...............................2.13
Carol Stream (Du Page).......................2.00
Morris (Grundy)..............................1.93
Coal City 4NNW (Grundy)......................1.92
Carbon Hill 3.1N (Grundy)....................1.92
Capron (Boone)...............................1.90
Elburn (Kane)................................1.89
Elk Grove Village 1ESE (Cook)................1.89
Plainfield 5SW (Kendall).....................1.89
Elburn (Kane)................................1.89
Lake In The Hills 1ESE (McHenry).............1.86
Morris 6ESE (Grundy).........................1.84
Sterling 4NE (Lee)...........................1.81
Glen Ellyn 1NNW (Du Page)....................1.77
Elburn (Kane)................................1.77
Aurora (Kane)................................1.75
Wheaton 2NNE (Du Page).......................1.70
Byron 3N (Ogle)..............................1.70
Arlington Heights 3SSW (Cook)................1.68
Elmhurst 1ESE (Du Page)......................1.64
Elmhurst 2SE (Du Page).......................1.64
St. Charles 6NW (Kane).......................1.56
Plainfield 2SSE (Will).......................1.53
Elmhurst (Du Page)...........................1.52
Genoa (De Kalb)..............................1.51
La Grange Park 1SSW (Cook)...................1.50
Arlington Heights 1SW (Cook).................1.49
Plainfield 3NNW (Will).......................1.45
Geneva 4WSW (Kane)...........................1.40
De Kalb 1SW (De Kalb)........................1.38
De Kalb (De Kalb)............................1.37
Aurora (Kane)................................1.35
Dixon (Lee)..................................1.29
Lake in the Hills 2.5W (McHenry).............1.29
Palatine 1NNE (Cook).........................1.28
Dekalb (De Kalb).............................1.27
Ottawa (La Salle)............................1.24
West Chicago (Du Page).......................1.22
Hebron (McHenry).............................1.21
Ashton (Lee).................................1.19
La Salle (La Salle)..........................1.17
Cortland (De Kalb)...........................1.15
Palatine 1E (Cook)...........................1.14
Joliet (Will)................................1.14
Kingston 2WNW (De Kalb)......................1.13
Aurora 4SE (Du Page).........................1.12
Batavia 1WSW (Kane)..........................1.12
Naperville 4SSW (Will).......................1.11
Batavia (Kane)...............................1.07
De Kalb (De Kalb)............................1.07
Coal City 3N (Grundy)........................1.07
Woodstock 1SSW (McHenry).....................1.05
Aurora 4SE (Du Page).........................1.04
Sugar Grove 1NE (Kane).......................1.02
Countryside 1ENE (Cook)......................1.00
Joliet 2n (Will).............................1.00
Huntley (McHenry)............................0.99
North Aurora 2NE (Kane)......................0.97
Wilmington 6NW (Will)........................0.97
Kankakee (Kankakee)..........................0.93
Ohare (Cook).................................0.90
Morris 2SSE (Grundy).........................0.89
Peru 1ENE (La Salle).........................0.89
Geneva 1SSW (Kane)...........................0.88
McHenry (McHenry)............................0.88
Batavia 1WNW (Kane)..........................0.86
Lake Zurich 1N (Lake)........................0.85
Plainfield (Will)............................0.85
Crystal Lake (McHenry).......................0.84
Chatsworth (Livingston)......................0.80
Bridgeview 1NNW (Cook).......................0.80
Mazon 0.5ENE (Grundy)........................0.80
Chatsworth (Livingston)......................0.80
St Anne (Kankakee)...........................0.79
Gibson 2SW (Ford)............................0.78
Rockford 1NW (Winnebago).....................0.77
Steward (Lee)................................0.77
Lakemoor 2SE (Lake)..........................0.76
Joliet Lock/dam (Will).......................0.75
Morris 5NNW (Grundy).........................0.73
Crystal Lake 1WSW (McHenry)..................0.72
Momence 6SSW (Kankakee)......................0.71
Batavia 2WNW (Kane)..........................0.69
Lakemoor 2NW (McHenry).......................0.69
Lake Zurich (Lake)...........................0.69
Plano (Kendall)..............................0.67
Downers Grove 0.4NNE (Du Page)...............0.65
Midway Coop (Cook)...........................0.65
Lisle Morton Arb (Du Page)...................0.65
Ottawa 1NW (La Salle)........................0.63
Mendota (La Salle)...........................0.62
Streator (Livingston)........................0.60
Park Ridge 1WNW (Cook).......................0.58
Rochelle (Ogle)..............................0.58
Herscher 3E (Kankakee).......................0.57
Lake Villa 2WSW (Lake).......................0.56
Wonder Lake 1WNW (McHenry)...................0.56
Somonauk (De Kalb)...........................0.55
Seneca 2SSW (La Salle).......................0.53
Ottawa 2N (La Salle).........................0.53
Bannockburn (Lake)...........................0.51
Fox Lake 2SE (Lake)..........................0.50
Plainfield 3ESE (Will).......................0.50
Mundelein (Lake).............................0.50
Lake Villa 1SSW (Lake).......................0.49
Peru (La Salle)..............................0.49
Paxton (Ford)................................0.48
Chebanse (Kankakee)..........................0.46
Morris (Grundy)..............................0.44
Oak Lawn 2NW (Cook)..........................0.44
Rockford 3NE (Winnebago).....................0.44
Streator 4ENE (La Salle).....................0.42
Channahon 2SSE (Will)........................0.42
Lisle 1SW (Du Page)..........................0.41
Elgin 8WSW (Kane)............................0.40
Mundelein 2WNW (Lake)........................0.39
Westmont 1SSW (Du Page)......................0.38
Seneca 1NNE (La Salle).......................0.38
Chicago Ridge (Cook).........................0.36
Westmont (Du Page)...........................0.36
Park Ridge (Cook)............................0.32
Manteno 2NW (Kankakee).......................0.32
Paw Paw (Lee)................................0.32
Oak Lawn 2SE (Cook)..........................0.30
Naperville 2SE (Du Page).....................0.30
Waukegan (Lake)..............................0.30
Bourbonnais (Kankakee).......................0.28
Riverwoods (Lake)............................0.28
Romeoville (Will)............................0.28
Burr Ridge 2SW (Du Page).....................0.27
Gurnee 2W (Lake).............................0.27
Mundelein (Lake).............................0.27
Mendota (La Salle)...........................0.27
Waukegan 2N (Lake)...........................0.26
Zion (Lake)..................................0.26
Oak Lawn 2WNW (Cook).........................0.25
South Beloit 2SE (Winnebago).................0.25
Dwight (Livingston)..........................0.24
Buffalo Grove 2N (Lake)......................0.24
Elwood 5NE (Will)............................0.24
Lockport 1SE (Will)..........................0.24
Earlville 3S (La Salle)......................0.23
Oak Park 1NNE (Cook).........................0.23
Lake Bluff 1W (Lake).........................0.22
Beecher 3SSE (Will)..........................0.22
Midway (Cook)................................0.22
Glencoe (Cook)...............................0.21
Wilmington 3SE (Will)........................0.21
Wheeling (Cook)..............................0.21
Botanic Gardens (Cook).......................0.20
Oak Lawn (Cook)..............................0.20
Winthrop Harbor 1SSW (Lake)..................0.20
North Utica 6N (La Salle)....................0.20
Gibson 6NE (Ford)............................0.19
Cropsey 1NE (Livingston).....................0.19
Cicero 2SSW (Cook)...........................0.18
Harwood Heights (Cook).......................0.18
Lincolnwood 2E (Cook)........................0.18
Cissna Park 1S (Iroquois)....................0.18
Homer Glen 1ENE (Will).......................0.18
New Lenox 2SE (Will).........................0.18
Rockford (Winnebago).........................0.18
Watseka (Iroquois)...........................0.18
Oak Park 2S (Cook)...........................0.17
Winnetka 1ESE (Cook).........................0.17
Oak Park 1SW (Cook)..........................0.17
Manhattan 2SE (Will).........................0.17
Romeoville (Will)............................0.17
Worth (Cook).................................0.16
Flossmoor (Cook).............................0.16
New Lenox 4SE (Will).........................0.16
New Lenox 3E (Will)..........................0.15
Roscoe 2ESE (Winnebago)......................0.15
Roscoe 2se (Winnebago).......................0.15
Palos Park 1SW (Cook)........................0.14
Lansing (Cook)...............................0.14
Alsip (Cook).................................0.13
Park Forest (Cook)...........................0.13
Midlothian (Cook)............................0.12
Ravenswood Manor (Cook)......................0.11
Park Forest 1NNE (Cook)......................0.11
Gibson 3WNW (Ford)...........................0.11
Manhattan (Will).............................0.11
Homewood (Cook)..............................0.10
Watseka 6.9WNW (Iroquois)....................0.10
Chicago 6ESE (Cook)..........................0.09
Ashkum 5.6E (Iroquois).......................0.09
Chicago 6NNE (Cook)..........................0.08
Pontiac 1SE (Livingston).....................0.06
Belvidere (Boone)............................0.05
Fairbury (Livingston)........................0.04
Lansing (Cook)...............................0.03
Earlville 5NNE (De Kalb).....................0.03
Buckley (Iroquois)...........................0.02
Peotone (Will)...............................0.02
Pontiac (Livingston).........................0.02
Marseilles (La Salle)........................0.01
Indiana Rain
Location (County): fall (inches)
Rensselaer 8ENE (Jasper).....................2.06
Wheatfield 3S (Jasper).......................1.56
Rensselaer 10NNE (Jasper)....................1.50
(w9opr)Wheatfield 1ENE (Jasper)..............1.25
Valparaiso 4SW (Porter)......................1.24
Valparaiso 6WSW (Porter).....................1.20
Rensselaer 2N (Jasper).......................1.18
Valparaiso 6SSW (Porter).....................1.09
Valparaiso 1SE (Porter)......................1.08
Rensselaer 2SSW (Jasper).....................1.07
Remington (Jasper)...........................1.06
Valparaiso 2WSW (Porter).....................1.03
Valparaiso (Porter)..........................0.99
De Motte 6S (Jasper).........................0.98
Rensselaer 4N (Jasper).......................0.93
Valparaiso 5WSW (Porter).....................0.91
Rensselaer (Jasper)..........................0.91
Kentland 2SSE (Newton).......................0.88
Valparaiso 2N (Porter).......................0.87
Lakes Of The Four Seasons 2NNE (Porter)......0.87
Valparaiso 2NW (Porter)......................0.87
Gary 5ENE (Lake).............................0.86
Rensselaer 5NW (Jasper)......................0.85
De Motte 4SW (Jasper)........................0.82
Lake Village (Newton)........................0.79
Wheatfield 4WSW (Jasper).....................0.78
Kentland (Newton)............................0.78
Portage 3E (Porter)..........................0.76
Valparaiso 6NW (Porter)......................0.76
Hebron 4NE (Porter)..........................0.74
De Motte 1SSW (Jasper).......................0.73
De Motte 1NNW (Jasper).......................0.68
Mount Ayr 2NNE (Newton)......................0.67
Chesterton 4E (Porter).......................0.62
Morocco (Newton).............................0.60
Lowell (Lake)................................0.48
Porter 1S (Porter)...........................0.45
Crown Point 2WSW (Lake)......................0.43
Winfield 1NE (Lake)..........................0.43
Crown Point (Lake)...........................0.35
Crown Point 1N (Lake)........................0.35
(w9mal)Merrillville 2NNW (Lake)..............0.35
Schererville 1E (Lake).......................0.30
Griffith 1N (Lake)...........................0.30
St. John (Lake)..............................0.26
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Automated Gauge Rainfall Reports
Public Information Statement National Weather Service Chicago IL 200 AM CDT Thu May 31 2018 /300 AM EDT Thu May 31 2018/ ...RAINFALL REPORTS FROM WEDNESDAY MAY 30... Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying equipment and exposures. We thank all volunteer weather observers for their dedication. Not all data listed are considered official. Location Amount Time/Date Provider ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...Illinois... ...Cook County... 1 SE Hoffman Estates 2.95 in 0530 PM 05/30 COCORAHS Chicago O`Hare 0.90 in 0100 AM 05/31 ASOS 1 ENE Logan Square 0.76 in 0124 AM 05/31 URBANET Riverside 0.52 in 1245 AM 05/31 USARMY-COE Chicago Midway 0.22 in 0100 AM 05/31 ASOS Wheeling - Chi Exec Airport 0.21 in 0100 AM 05/31 ASOS 1 WNW Burnham 0.20 in 0100 AM 05/31 USARMY-COE ...De Kalb County... DeKalb - Taylor Aiport 1.27 in 0100 AM 05/31 AWOS Il Shabbona 5 NNE 1.08 in 0100 AM 05/31 GOES 5 NNE Shabbona 0.69 in 0100 AM 05/31 GOES ...DuPage County... Villa Park 2.55 in 0120 AM 05/31 HADS Oakbrook Terrace 2.16 in 0115 AM 05/31 HADS 1 NE Oak Brook 1.71 in 0130 AM 05/31 HADS 2 SSE West Chicago 1.47 in 0120 AM 05/31 HADS 1 SW Hanover Park 1.42 in 0115 AM 05/31 HADS West Chicago - DuPage Airpor 1.22 in 0100 AM 05/31 ASOS ...Grundy County... 3 SSW Minooka 1.37 in 0100 AM 05/31 HADS 1 SSE Morris 0.74 in 1245 AM 05/31 HADS ...Kane County... Sugar Grove - Aurora Airport 1.76 in 0100 AM 05/31 ASOS 2 WNW Saint Charles 1.67 in 0115 AM 05/31 COOP 2 WNW Montgomery 1.36 in 1230 AM 05/31 HADS 2 W Batavia 0.94 in 0100 AM 05/31 HADS ...Kankakee County... 4 E Chebanse 0.96 in 1245 AM 05/31 USGS ...Kendall County... Oswego 2.06 in 0115 AM 05/31 HADS ...La Salle County... 1 W Naplate 1.83 in 1245 AM 05/31 HADS 2 ENE Leonore 1.65 in 1245 AM 05/31 HADS Peru - Duncan Field Airport 1.41 in 0100 AM 05/31 AWOS Ottawa 0.87 in 1230 AM 05/31 HADS ...Lake County... 2 E Gages Lake 0.72 in 0130 AM 05/31 HADS 3 N Wadsworth 0.36 in 1230 AM 05/31 HADS Waukegan Airport 0.30 in 0100 AM 05/31 ASOS ...Lee County... Dixon 1.39 in 0115 AM 05/31 HADS ...Livingston County... Pontiac 0.68 in 1245 AM 05/31 USARMY-COE Pontiac Airport 0.59 in 0655 PM 05/30 AWOS ...McHenry County... Hebron 0.67 in 1240 AM 05/31 HADS Spring Grove 0.40 in 0100 AM 05/31 USGS ...Will County... Shorewood 2.37 in 0645 PM 05/30 USARMY-COE Joliet Airport 1.14 in 0100 AM 05/31 AWOS 4 W Bolingbrook 0.80 in 1245 AM 05/31 HADS West Br Dupage River 0.79 in 0115 AM 05/31 ALERT Rockdale 0.58 in 0100 AM 05/31 HADS 1 WNW Fairmont 0.38 in 0100 AM 05/31 HADS Romeoville - NWS Chicago 0.28 in 0100 AM 05/31 NWS 3 NNE Wilmington 0.26 in 0105 AM 05/31 RAWS ...Winnebago County... Rockton 1.18 in 1230 AM 05/31 HADS Rockford Airport 0.26 in 0100 AM 05/31 ASOS 3 ENE New Millford 0.23 in 1230 AM 05/31 HADS ...Indiana... ...Benton County... 2 SSE Boswell 1.76 in 0100 AM 05/31 HADS ...Jasper County... 1 E Rensselaer 0.81 in 0130 AM 05/31 HADS ...Lake County... Hobart 0.48 in 0130 AM 05/31 HADS 5 E Schneider 0.39 in 1245 AM 05/31 HADS 2 NW Merrillville 0.29 in 0130 AM 05/31 HADS 2 NNE Griffith 0.22 in 0115 AM 05/31 HADS Dyer 0.17 in 0100 AM 05/31 HADS ...Porter County... Valparaiso Airport 0.99 in 0100 AM 05/31 ASOS Porter 0.60 in 0117 AM 05/31 RAWS $$ MTF
Storm & Flooding Reports
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| Storm Reports | Elmhurst flooding, near the intersection of Mitchell and Adams Streets. Photo courtesy of John Szuberla via WGN Chicago. | Elmhurst flooding near downtown, courtesy of Pat Abinion via WGN Chicago. |
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1100 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0850 PM HEAVY RAIN WOODSTOCK 42.31N 88.44W
05/30/2018 M2.09 INCH MCHENRY IL CO-OP OBSERVER
DAILY RAINFALL TOTAL RECORDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL COOP
OBSERVER.
0734 PM FLOOD ELMHURST 41.90N 87.94W
05/30/2018 DUPAGE IL BROADCAST MEDIA
RESIDENTIAL STREET FLOODING IN ELMHURST RELAYED VIA
BROADCAST MEDIA ON TWITTER. ALSO...FLOOD PRONE UNDERPASS
IN DOWNTOWN ELMHURST CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
0730 PM FLOOD ELMHURST 41.90N 87.94W
05/30/2018 DUPAGE IL EMERGENCY MNGR
RT 83 CLOSED BETWEEN ST CHARLES RD AND NORTH AVE. RELAYED
BY DUPAGE OHSEM.
0700 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 WSW ELK GROVE VILLAGE 41.99N 88.03W
05/30/2018 M2.72 INCH COOK IL COCORAHS
MOST OF THE RAINFALL OCCURRED IN PAST 3 HOURS UP TO
REPORT TIME...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 4PM AND 630PM. LOW AREA
PONDING WITH RAPID RUNOFF.
0700 PM HEAVY RAIN SSE CAROL STREAM 41.91N 88.13W
05/30/2018 M2.00 INCH DUPAGE IL COCORAHS
RAINFALL IN PAST 3 HOURS. MINOR FLOODING REPORTED.
0646 PM FLOOD 3 ESE HOFFMAN ESTATES 42.04N 88.08W
05/30/2018 COOK IL PUBLIC
ROSELLE ROAD AND HIGGINS ROAD INTERSECTION CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING.
0639 PM FLASH FLOOD VILLA PARK 41.89N 87.98W
05/30/2018 DUPAGE IL EMERGENCY MNGR
A SECTION OF SOUTHBOUND ARDMORE AT NORTH AVE AND ARDMORE
CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING...AS REPORTED BY A TRAINED
SPOTTER. ADDISON ROAD REMAINED CLOSED FROM NORTH AVE TO
ARMITAGE AS OF 816 PM AND FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO PERFORM
ONE WATER RESCUE...RELAYED VIA DUPAGE OHSEM.
0630 PM FLASH FLOOD W ADDISON 41.93N 88.01W
05/30/2018 DUPAGE IL EMERGENCY MNGR
WIDESPREAD FLOODING THROUGHOUT ADDISON...PARTICULARLY
WEST SIDE...WITH MAJOR ROADS FLOODED. 12 TO 20 VEHICLES
WILL NEED TO BE TOWED DUE TO WATER DAMAGE. APPROXIMATELY
100 HOMES HAVE FLOOD DAMAGE. EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER
HAS BEEN ACTIVATED. RELAYED VIA DUPAGE OHSEM. TIME
ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
0621 PM FLOOD 1 NW ELMHURST 41.91N 87.96W
05/30/2018 DUPAGE IL TRAINED SPOTTER
WATER UP TO THE TOP OF THE CURBS...ABOUT 6 INCHES OF
STANDING WATER...ACROSS ALL LANES OF TRAFFIC OF NORTH
AVENUE...ROUTE 64.
0620 PM FLOOD 1 NW BARRINGTON 42.16N 88.15W
05/30/2018 LAKE IL BROADCAST MEDIA
US ROUTE 14 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING BETWEEN HART ROAD AND
IL ROUTE 59. VIA BROADCAST MEDIA ON TWITTER.
0610 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 ESE ELK GROVE VILLAGE 42.00N 87.97W
05/30/2018 M1.62 INCH COOK IL COCORAHS
RAINFALL IN PAST 75 MINUTES UP TO REPORT TIME. MINOR
FLOODING REPORTED.
0535 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 E SCHAUMBURG 42.03N 88.04W
05/30/2018 M2.90 INCH COOK IL COCORAHS
IN LESS THAN 1 HOUR.
0526 PM FLOOD HOFFMAN ESTATES 42.06N 88.14W
05/30/2018 COOK IL TRAINED SPOTTER
APPROXIMATELY 5 INCHES FLOWING WATER ON SHOE FACTORY
ROAD, EAST OF BARTLETT ROAD.
0517 PM FLOOD MINOOKA 41.46N 88.26W
05/30/2018 GRUNDY IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
FLOODING AT INTERSECTION OF MCCLENDON AND MINOOKA ROAD.
0450 PM HEAVY RAIN W SLEEPY HOLLOW 42.09N 88.31W
05/30/2018 M3.67 INCH KANE IL COCORAHS
MEASURED IN PAST 90 MINUTES UP TO REPORT TIME. MINOR
FLOODING REPORTED.
0445 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 N CARBON HILL 41.34N 88.30W
05/30/2018 M1.29 INCH GRUNDY IL COCORAHS
IN 45 MINUTE PERIOD UP TO REPORT TIME. MINOR FLOODING
REPORTED. RETIRED NWS EMPLOYEE.
0445 PM HEAVY RAIN 4 SE AURORA 41.73N 88.24W
05/30/2018 M0.94 INCH DUPAGE IL COCORAHS
RAINFALL IN 30 MINUTES. MINOR FLOODING REPORTED.
0420 PM HEAVY RAIN 4 SSW AURORA 41.72N 88.33W
05/30/2018 M1.86 INCH KENDALL IL COCORAHS
RAINFALL LAST 45 MINUTES
0415 PM FLOOD ELGIN 42.04N 88.29W
05/30/2018 KANE IL TRAINED SPOTTER
FIVE TO SIX INCHES OF STANDING WATER ON LIBERTY BETWEEN
COLUMBIA AND LINCOLN.
0410 PM FLOOD OSWEGO 41.70N 88.33W
05/30/2018 KENDALL IL AMATEUR RADIO
RESIDENTIAL FLOODING IN SOUTHBURY SUBDIVISION. SOUTHBURY
BLVD AND COLCHESTER DRIVE IS FLOODED AND WATER IS RISING
QUICKLY IN THE INTERSECTION. WATER IS OVER THE CURB UP TO
THE SIDEWALK.
0355 PM FLOOD SUGAR GROVE 41.77N 88.46W
05/30/2018 KANE IL TRAINED SPOTTER
WATER FLOWING ON THE ROADS AT JERICHO AND GRANARD ROADS
IN SUGAR GROVE. RAPID RISING WATER AND WATER FILLING IN
DITCHES, AND FIELDS QUICKLY FILLING WITH WATER.
0330 PM FUNNEL CLOUD GIBSON CITY 40.47N 88.38W
05/30/2018 FORD IL TRAINED SPOTTER
SEPARATE REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS NEAR GIBSON
CITY...FIRST WAS ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF GIBSON CITY AT
AROUND 320PM RELAYED VIA TWITTER AND SECOND WAS ABOUT 1
MILE EAST OF GIBSON CITY AT AROUND 335PM RELAYED BY NWS
LINCOLN OFFICE.
0310 PM HEAVY RAIN 6 SW EAST DUNDEE 42.04N 88.34W
05/30/2018 M2.87 INCH KANE IL COCORAHS
RAINFALL PAST 70 MINUTES
0300 PM HEAVY RAIN 6 ENE MARENGO 42.28N 88.49W
05/30/2018 M1.49 INCH MCHENRY IL COCORAHS
RAIN FELL IN 1 HOUR.
0144 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 1 W FLANAGAN 40.88N 88.88W
05/30/2018 LIVINGSTON IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
NEAR WOODFORD AND LIVINGSTON COUNTY LINE.
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