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O’HARE: 69°F LAKEFRONT: 77°F Thursday 7/20/2017 8:30:01 AM
TODAY: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 1pm then after 3:30pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 87 and a Heat Index high of 94°F. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming north northeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
TONIGHT: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Flood Advisory
The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a Flood Advisory for Minor Flooding in Poor Drainage Areas until 9:15 am for:
Kendall County in northeastern Illinois…
Southern Lake County in northeastern Illinois…
Northern Will County in northeastern Illinois…
Southeastern Kane County in northeastern Illinois…
DuPage County in northeastern Illinois…
Cook County in northeastern Illinois…
Northwestern Lake County in northwestern Indiana…
At 712 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. While the storms will have move quickly through, earlier storms from last night and early this morning have saturated the ground. This will cause minor flooding. Some locations that will experience flooding include Chicago and many of its suburbs.
A Flood Advisory continues for The Des Plaines River at River Forest
* until Friday evening.
* At 800 AM Thursday the stage was 14.4 feet.
* Action stage is 13.0 feet.
* Flood stage is 16.0 feet.
* Forecast…The river will rise slightly to near 14.5 feet by
this evening.
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Rainfall Rain Gauge July 20, 2017 8:45 a.m. Arlington Heights, Illinois.
NWS RAINFALL AMOUNTS LAST 24 HOURS BELOW AD …
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ILLINOIS 24 HR RAINFALL ENDING 7AM LOCATION (COUNTY): RAINFALL (IN)
ROCKFORD (WINNEBAGO).................3.39 STEWARD (LEE)........................2.98 HARVARD (MCHENRY)....................2.73 DIXON (LEE)..........................2.47 GENOA (DE KALB)......................2.45 DIXON 3NNW (LEE).....................2.36 ROSCOE 2ESE (WINNEBAGO)..............2.16 ROSCOE 2SE (WINNEBAGO)...............2.16 DE KALB (DE KALB)....................2.10 HEBRON (MCHENRY).....................2.07 SOMONAUK 2NE (DE KALB)...............1.75 LAKE IN THE HILLS 1ESE (MCHENRY).....1.72 PEOTONE (WILL).......................1.66 CARY (MCHENRY).......................1.59 ALGONQUIN 1N (MCHENRY)...............1.43 PLAINFIELD (WILL)....................1.42 OHARE (COOK).........................1.40 ROCHELLE (OGLE)......................1.34 ELK GROVE VILLAGE 1ESE (COOK)........1.31 GLENCOE (COOK).......................1.25 PALATINE 1NNE (COOK).................1.24 LAKE ZURICH 1N (LAKE)................1.14 WOODSTOCK (MCHENRY)..................1.13 ELGIN (KANE).........................1.12 BATAVIA 1WSW (KANE)..................1.06 WHEELING (COOK)......................1.06 BATAVIA 1WNW (KANE)..................1.03 HOMER GLEN 1ENE (WILL)...............1.00 LAKE ZURICH (LAKE)...................1.00 MUNDELEIN (LAKE).....................0.98 WAUKEGAN (LAKE)......................0.97 GENEVA 4WSW (KANE)...................0.90 ELBURN (KANE)........................0.87 EARLVILLE 5NNE (DE KALB).............0.80 AURORA (KANE)........................0.77 LAKE VILLA 1SSW (LAKE)...............0.77 AURORA (KANE)........................0.75 COAL CITY 4NNW (GRUNDY)..............0.75 BATAVIA (KANE).......................0.73 ROMEOVILLE (WILL)....................0.71 NAPERVILLE 1NW (DU PAGE).............0.67 CHEBANSE (KANKAKEE)..................0.65 NORTH AURORA 2NE (KANE)..............0.65 MIDWAY (COOK)........................0.64 WESTMONT (DU PAGE)...................0.62 ELMHURST (DU PAGE)...................0.60 JOLIET 2N (WILL).....................0.60 WEST CHICAGO (DU PAGE)...............0.58
ADD ON 10:08 AM …
With thunderstorms rolling through Thursday morning, and more rain in the forecast the next couple days, people living in the north suburban flood zone were waiting to see when swollen rivers and lakes finally will recede to normal levels. CBS 2’s Mike Puccinelli reports.