Arlington Heights police responded to a report of stoplights out at Dundee Road and Route 53 about 7:00 a.m. Thursday. A power outage was reported in a wide area nearby. The power was back up at 7:05 a.m. Thursday.
Rainfall of 2.5 in was reported at O’Hare between 9:45 p.m. Wednesday and 9:00 a.m. Thursday.
FLOOD WARNING
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ILLINOIS…
THORN CREEK AT THORNTON AFFECTING COOK COUNTY
HEAVY RAINFALL OF BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES FELL OVER THE THORN CREEK
WATERSHED DURING THE LAST 24 HOURS. THIS IS RESULTING IN RISES ON
THORN CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.
FLOOD ADVISORY
A FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THE DES PLAINES RIVER…EAST
BRANCH DU PAGE RIVER…ILLINOIS RIVER…IROQUOIS RIVER… DES PLAINES RIVER AT RIVERSIDE AFFECTING COOK COUNTY EAST BRANCH DU PAGE RIVER AT BOLINGBROOK AFFECTING WILL COUNTY ILLINOIS RIVER AT MORRIS AFFECTING GRUNDY COUNTY IROQUOIS RIVER NEAR FORESMAN AFFECTING NEWTON COUNTY
WEATHER FORECAST AS OF THU MAY 26 2011 AT 9:50 AM
Today: Showers likely, mainly before 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 50. Breezy, with a north northeast wind between 20 and 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. Breezy, with a north northeast wind between 10 and 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 57. Northeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.
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Thornton is a south suburb of Chicago and west of Hammond, Indiana.
Thorn Creek is a 20.8-mile-long tributary of the Little Calumet River that travels through Will County and Cook County in northeastern Illinois just south of Chicago. Thorn Creek starts in the high land of the Valparaiso Moraine before dropping 200 feet to the lower elevations of the Little Calumet River valley. Along its path it has cut many deep ravines and valleys. It is usually quite narrow, though the width of the river varies. Just south of 26th Street in Chicago Heights, it forms Sauk Lake, but just north of the 26th Street Thorn Creek is just a few feet wide.
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