Arlington Heights faired well in last night’s storm. Isolated storms hit most of the area, but Arlington Heights rainfall amounted to less than 0.5 inch. Compared to Bolingbrook, which recorded 2.16 inches of rain, and Naperville, which recorded 1.83 inches. A location in Elk Grove Village recorded 1.28 inches. The variation demonstrates how numerous cells spread through the area instead of one wide band of thunderstorms.
Naperville activated its Emergency Operations Center Tuesday night after heavy rain overwhelmed sewer systems.
The worst area affected in Arlington Heights was at Roosevelt Avenue and Central Road near Scarsdale where lightning or high winds blew a transformer. Com Ed reported about 1,000 customers in that neighborhood of Arlington Heights were without power, which was reported by about 1:25 p.m.
Lightning started an apartment fire in Oak Forest …
Lightning is blamed for starting a fire an apartment building in #OakForest
http://t.co/znS3ULzFaU #ILWX pic.twitter.com/Ne2jhpGESo
— NBC Chicago (@nbcchicago) May 21, 2014
No injuries were reported when a fire started in the roof and attic of a 12-unit apartment on Peggy Lane in Oak Forest. Flooding of at least one home was also reported in Oak Forest.
In Libertyville, Advocate Condell Medical Center land line telephones were knocked out by the storm at about 8:30 p.m.
Large hail was reported in Aurora, Batavia, Big Rock, Geneva, Sugar Grove. Hail was also reported at the Daily Herald headquarters near Interstate 90 and Arlington Heights Road.
Hail in Aurora, Illinois compared to the size of a cherry …
PHOTOS: Severe thunderstorms dumping large hail on Chicago. http://t.co/S7U24PnSJS pic.twitter.com/Dq1Hryw1Zd
— ABC 7 Chicago (@ABC7Chicago) May 21, 2014
Before the storms arrived in Chicagoland, hail covered the ground two or three inches deep in Deer Trail, Colorado; broke the windshield of a squad car in Monticello, Iowa; and baseball-size hail was reported in Chana near Rochelle, Illinois.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1022 AM CDT WED MAY 21 2014
...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(05/21/14)...
ILLINOIS RAIN
LOCATION (COUNTY): FALL (IN)
TOP 10
BOLINGBROOK 3NE (DU PAGE)....................2.16
PALOS PARK 1SW (COOK)........................2.00
WESTMONT 1SSE (DU PAGE)......................1.94
WILLOW SPRINGS (COOK)........................1.85
LISLE 1SE (DU PAGE)..........................1.83
NAPERVILLE 1NW (DU PAGE).....................1.79
CHICAGO 5NE (COOK)...........................1.78
NAPERVILLE 2ESE (DU PAGE)....................1.75
LISLE (DU PAGE)..............................1.75
WESTMONT (DU PAGE)...........................1.74
NEARBY
ELK GROVE VILLAGE 1ESE (COOK)................1.28
ELK GROVE VILLAGE 2WSW (COOK)................0.99
SCHAUMBURG 3WSW (COOK).......................0.97
SCHAUMBURG 2E (COOK)........................0.85
PARK RIDGE (COOK)............................0.85
OHARE (COOK).................................0.83
BUFFALO GROVE 2N (LAKE)......................0.54
WHEELING (COOK)..............................0.46
PALATINE 1E (COOK)...........................0.32
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS 2NNW (COOK)................0.28
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS 1S (COOK)..................0.23
HOFFMAN ESTATES 5W (COOK)....................0.17
BARRINGTON (LAKE)............................0.15
TOTAL REPORT FROM NWS OFFICE CHICAGO
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1022 AM CDT WED MAY 21 2014
...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(05/21/14)...
ILLINOIS RAIN
LOCATION (COUNTY): FALL (IN)
BOLINGBROOK 3NE (DU PAGE)....................2.16
PALOS PARK 1SW (COOK)........................2.00
WESTMONT 1SSE (DU PAGE)......................1.94
WILLOW SPRINGS (COOK)........................1.85
LISLE 1SE (DU PAGE)..........................1.83
NAPERVILLE 1NW (DU PAGE).....................1.79
CHICAGO 5NE (COOK)...........................1.78
NAPERVILLE 2ESE (DU PAGE)....................1.75
LISLE (DU PAGE)..............................1.75
WESTMONT (DU PAGE)...........................1.74
BURNHAM-HEGEWISCH 2NNW (COOK)................1.61
LISLE (DU PAGE)..............................1.51
GLENWOOD 2ESE (COOK).........................1.50
WORTH (COOK).................................1.45
COUNTRYSIDE 1ENE (COOK)......................1.41
LANSING (COOK)...............................1.36
NORTH AURORA 2NE (KANE)......................1.35
LANSING (COOK)...............................1.30
ELK GROVE VILLAGE 1ESE (COOK)................1.28
MIDWAY COOP (COOK)...........................1.28
RAVENSWOOD MANOR (COOK)......................1.22
CHICAGO RIDGE (COOK).........................1.20
WINNETKA 1ESE (COOK).........................1.09
DOWNERS GROVE 2SE (DU PAGE)..................1.08
LISLE MORTON ARB (DU PAGE)...................1.08
RIVERWOODS (LAKE)............................1.05
DE KALB (DE KALB)............................1.04
OAK LAWN (COOK)..............................1.00
ELK GROVE VILLAGE 2WSW (COOK)................0.99
SCHAUMBURG 3WSW (COOK).......................0.97
BATAVIA (KANE)...............................0.95
GLENCOE (COOK)...............................0.90
BOTANIC GARDENS (COOK).......................0.88
SCHAUMBURG 2E (COOK)........................0.85
PARK RIDGE (COOK)............................0.85
OHARE (COOK).................................0.83
DAVIS JUNCTION 1SW (OGLE)....................0.80
FLOSSMOOR 1ESE (COOK)........................0.78
RIVER FOREST 1SSE (COOK).....................0.77
AURORA 4SE (DU PAGE).........................0.77
ELBURN (KANE)................................0.75
AURORA 4SE (DU PAGE).........................0.74
BATAVIA 1WNW (KANE)..........................0.74
BATAVIA 2WNW (KANE)..........................0.72
ELBURN (KANE)................................0.71
PARK RIDGE 1WNW (COOK).......................0.70
ST. CHARLES 6NW (KANE).......................0.70
SUGAR GROVE 1ENE (KANE)......................0.66
GENEVA 1SSW (KANE)...........................0.66
MIDWAY (COOK)................................0.65
OAK PARK 1NNE (COOK).........................0.64
TINLEY PARK 3NW (COOK).......................0.63
HARWOOD HEIGHTS 2NNE (COOK)..................0.63
ALGONQUIN 1N (MCHENRY).......................0.63
GENEVA 4WSW (KANE)...........................0.62
HIGHWOOD 1S (LAKE)...........................0.62
LINCOLNSHIRE 1.3WSW (LAKE)...................0.60
BARTLETT 1SSE (DU PAGE)......................0.57
WADSWORTH 1SSE (LAKE)........................0.55
BUFFALO GROVE 2N (LAKE)......................0.54
ORLAND HILLS 1SE (COOK)......................0.52
LA GRANGE PARK 1SSW (COOK)...................0.51
LAKE ZURICH (LAKE)...........................0.51
MONTGOMERY 1SSE (KENDALL)....................0.50
BYRON 3N (OGLE)..............................0.49
ST CHARLES (KANE)............................0.48
GLEN ELLYN 2SSE (DU PAGE)....................0.47
MENDOTA 2SE (LA SALLE).......................0.46
WONDER LAKE 1WNW (MCHENRY)...................0.46
WHEELING (COOK)..............................0.46
ELGIN (KANE).................................0.45
ROGERS PARK 2SW (COOK).......................0.45
ELGIN 1S (KANE)..............................0.45
WINTHROP HARBOR 1SSW (LAKE)..................0.45
LINCOLNWOOD 2E (COOK)........................0.44
SUGAR GROVE 1NE (KANE).......................0.43
WOODSTOCK 4SW (MCHENRY)......................0.43
BARTLETT 1SE (DU PAGE).......................0.42
WEST CHICAGO 1SE (DU PAGE)...................0.42
CHICAGO 5NNW (COOK)..........................0.41
HARVARD 3SSE (MCHENRY).......................0.41
ANTIOCH 3WSW (LAKE)..........................0.40
HOMER GLEN 4WNW (WILL).......................0.40
OAK PARK 1SW (COOK)..........................0.39
ELGIN 2W (KANE)..............................0.39
MENDOTA (LA SALLE)...........................0.39
SPRING GROVE 2N (MCHENRY)....................0.39
LINCOLNWOOD 3E (COOK)........................0.38
WAUKEGAN (LAKE)..............................0.37
CAROL STREAM (DU PAGE).......................0.36
GENOA (DE KALB)..............................0.35
GLENVIEW 1SW (COOK)..........................0.35
BEACH PARK 1W (LAKE).........................0.35
OAK BROOK (DU PAGE)..........................0.35
LOCKPORT 3ESE (WILL).........................0.34
POLO (OGLE)..................................0.34
HOMER GLEN 2NW (WILL)........................0.33
PALATINE 1E (COOK)...........................0.32
CRETE 3E (WILL)..............................0.32
ROCKFORD (WINNEBAGO).........................0.32
WINFIELD (DU PAGE)...........................0.32
HOMER GLEN 1ENE (WILL).......................0.31
WEST CHICAGO (DU PAGE).......................0.30
GLEN ELLYN 1NE (DU PAGE).....................0.29
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS 2NNW (COOK)................0.28
WAUKEGAN 2N (LAKE)...........................0.28
GLEN ELLYN 1NNW (DU PAGE)....................0.27
ANTIOCH 4W (LAKE)............................0.26
ORLAND PARK 5WNW (WILL)......................0.26
LAKE VILLA 2WSW (LAKE).......................0.25
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS 1S (COOK)..................0.23
HARVARD (MCHENRY)............................0.23
PARK FOREST (COOK)...........................0.23
MONTGOMERY 2SSE (KENDALL)....................0.21
ELMHURST 2SE (DU PAGE).......................0.20
ELMHURST (DU PAGE)...........................0.20
LOMBARD 1NNW (DU PAGE).......................0.20
CAPRON (BOONE)...............................0.19
OAK PARK 2S (COOK)...........................0.19
ELMHURST 1ESE (DU PAGE)......................0.19
LAKE VILLA 1SSW (LAKE).......................0.19
WINTHROP HARBOR (LAKE).......................0.19
EARLVILLE 3S (LA SALLE)......................0.18
ROSCOE 2SE (WINNEBAGO).......................0.18
HOFFMAN ESTATES 5W (COOK)....................0.17
AURORA (KANE)................................0.16
ELGIN (KANE).................................0.16
PARK FOREST 1NNE (COOK)......................0.16
BARRINGTON (LAKE)............................0.15
PARK FOREST 1SW (COOK).......................0.15
VILLA PARK 1NW (DU PAGE).....................0.15
YORKVILLE 1W (KENDALL).......................0.15
EARLVILLE 8SSE (LA SALLE)....................0.13
ROCKFORD 3NE (WINNEBAGO).....................0.13
YORKVILLE 2SE (KENDALL)......................0.13
WAUCONDA 2NNE (LAKE).........................0.11
WOODSTOCK 1SSW (MCHENRY).....................0.11
PLAINFIELD 3NNW (WILL).......................0.10
NEW LENOX 3E (WILL)..........................0.10
MUNDELEIN (LAKE).............................0.09
WOODSTOCK (MCHENRY)..........................0.09
ROCKFORD 1NW (WINNEBAGO).....................0.08
MORRIS (GRUNDY)..............................0.08
MARSEILLES 6WNW (LA SALLE)...................0.07
NEW LENOX 1NE (WILL).........................0.07
ROCKFORD 2ENE (WINNEBAGO)....................0.07
OSWEGO 5SSE (KENDALL)........................0.06
NEW LENOX 2SE (WILL).........................0.06
PECATONICA 2S (WINNEBAGO)....................0.06
ROMEOVILLE (WILL)............................0.06
MCHENRY (MCHENRY)............................0.06
HEBRON (MCHENRY).............................0.05
MUNDELEIN (LAKE).............................0.05
FOX LAKE 2SE (LAKE)..........................0.05
OTTAWA 2N (LA SALLE).........................0.05
BULL VALLEY 2WNW (MCHENRY)...................0.05
CHANNAHON 1NNE (WILL)........................0.05
CHANNAHON 2SSE (WILL)........................0.05
PLAINFIELD 1SW (WILL)........................0.05
RICHTON PARK (COOK)..........................0.05
ASHKUM 5.6E (IROQUOIS).......................0.04
DIXON 3NNW (LEE).............................0.04
ROCKTON 1ESE (WINNEBAGO).....................0.04
PLAINFIELD (WILL)............................0.04
ROCHELLE (OGLE)..............................0.04
PLAINFIELD 5SW (KENDALL).....................0.03
LAKEMOOR 2SE (LAKE)..........................0.03
LIBERTYVILLE 2ESE (LAKE).....................0.03
OTTAWA 1NW (LA SALLE)........................0.03
OGLESBY 0.4N (LA SALLE)......................0.03
SENECA 2SSW (LA SALLE).......................0.03
PERU 1SW (LA SALLE)..........................0.03
LA SALLE (LA SALLE)..........................0.03
MARSEILLES 3NW (LA SALLE)....................0.03
JOLIET 2NNE (WILL)...........................0.03
PLAINFIELD 3SE (WILL)........................0.03
NEW LENOX 2SE (WILL).........................0.03
ELWOOD 5NE (WILL)............................0.03
JOLIET LOCK/DAM (WILL).......................0.03
MARSEILLES (LA SALLE)........................0.03
OTTAWA (LA SALLE)............................0.03
DWIGHT (LIVINGSTON)..........................0.02
BRACEVILLE (GRUNDY)..........................0.02
MORRIS 2SSE (GRUNDY).........................0.02
ASHTON (LEE).................................0.02
AMBOY (LEE)..................................0.02
MUNDELEIN 2NW (LAKE).........................0.02
BEECHER 3SSE (WILL)..........................0.02
JOLIET 2N (WILL).............................0.02
JOLIET (WILL)................................0.02
STEWARD (LEE)................................0.02
COAL CITY 4NNW (GRUNDY)......................0.01
CARBON HILL 3.1N (GRUNDY)....................0.01
MORRIS 6ESE (GRUNDY).........................0.01
BOURBONNAIS 2NNE (KANKAKEE)..................0.01
JOLIET 1W (WILL).............................0.01
PEOTONE (WILL)...............................0.01
WILMINGTON 3SE (WILL)........................0.01
NEW LENOX 4SE (WILL).........................0.01
KANKAKEE (KANKAKEE)..........................0.01
PERU (LA SALLE)..............................0.01
BOURBONNAIS (KANKAKEE)......................TRACE
PLANO (KENDALL).............................TRACE
YORKVILLE 1NE (KENDALL).....................TRACE
BONFIELD 4WSW (KANKAKEE)....................TRACE
KANKAKEE 3SE (KANKAKEE).....................TRACE
CHEBANSE (KANKAKEE).........................TRACE
BOURBONNAIS 3E (KANKAKEE)...................TRACE
STREATOR 4ENE (LA SALLE)....................TRACE
STREATOR 1WSW (LA SALLE)....................TRACE
MANHATTAN 5ENE (WILL).......................TRACE
PEOTONE (WILL)..............................TRACE
WILMINGTON 6NW (WILL).......................TRACE
MANHATTAN (WILL)............................TRACE
MOMENCE (KANKAKEE)..........................TRACE
PEOTONE (WILL)..............................TRACE
WATSEKA (IROQUOIS)..........................TRACE
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