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Overview
Thunderstorms moved across portions of northern Illinois and northwest Indiana during the morning hours. The stronger storms produced heavy rains of over 1.50" to 2.00" across portions of McHenry and Lake (IL) counties, which did result in some street flooding. Elsewhere across the area, there were reports of hail and wind damage.
Storm Reports
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 1222 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2018 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0545 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 NNW DIXON 41.89N 89.50W 05/14/2018 M0.94 INCH LEE IL COCORAHS 0600 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 W LAKE BLUFF 42.28N 87.87W 05/14/2018 M1.15 INCH LAKE IL COCORAHS 0621 AM HAIL OAK LAWN 41.72N 87.75W 05/14/2018 M0.25 INCH COOK IL TRAINED SPOTTER 5300 BLOCK OF 95TH ST. 0622 AM HEAVY RAIN GURNEE 42.38N 87.94W 05/14/2018 M1.79 INCH LAKE IL TRAINED SPOTTER 0622 AM FLOOD WAUKEGAN 42.37N 87.87W 05/14/2018 LAKE IL PUBLIC RT 132 BETWEEN OPLAINE RD AND 1ST ST IN GURNEE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. RELAYED BY BROADCAST MEDIA. 0630 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 NW LAKEMOOR 42.36N 88.23W 05/14/2018 M1.83 INCH MCHENRY IL COCORAHS 0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 W GURNEE 42.38N 87.98W 05/14/2018 M2.13 INCH LAKE IL COCORAHS 0700 AM HEAVY RAIN WAUKEGAN 42.37N 87.87W 05/14/2018 M1.33 INCH LAKE IL ASOS 0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 N BYRON 42.17N 89.26W 05/14/2018 M0.94 INCH OGLE IL COCORAHS 0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 WNW WONDER LAKE 42.39N 88.37W 05/14/2018 M1.03 INCH MCHENRY IL COCORAHS 0703 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 ESE LIBERTYVILLE 42.27N 87.93W 05/14/2018 M1.09 INCH LAKE IL COCORAHS 0710 AM HAIL ST. JOHN 41.45N 87.48W 05/14/2018 M0.25 INCH LAKE IN PUBLIC 0710 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 SE CALUMET CITY 41.56N 87.49W 05/14/2018 LAKE IN TRAINED SPOTTER UPROOTED TWO FOOT DIAMETER TREE. 0710 AM HAIL MUNSTER 41.55N 87.50W 05/14/2018 M0.25 INCH LAKE IN PUBLIC 0714 AM MARINE TSTM WIND 2 NNW BURNS HARBOR 41.65N 87.15W 05/14/2018 M60.00 MPH PORTER IN C-MAN STATION MEASURED GUST TO 60 MPH. 0715 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 NW VALPARAISO 41.50N 87.08W 05/14/2018 M0.90 INCH PORTER IN COCORAHS RAIN FELL IN 20 MINUTES. 0720 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 WNW VALPARAISO 41.49N 87.09W 05/14/2018 M0.92 INCH PORTER IN COCORAHS DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 43 MPH 0728 AM HAIL VALPARAISO 41.48N 87.05W 05/14/2018 M0.25 INCH PORTER IN TRAINED SPOTTER && $$ ACS
Rain Reports
Public Information Statement National Weather Service Chicago IL 1016 AM CDT Mon May 14 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 Monday(05/14/18)... Illinois Rain Location (County): fall (inches) Gurnee 2W (Lake).............................2.13 Fox Lake 2SE (Lake)..........................1.86 Lakemoor 2NW (McHenry).......................1.83 Round Lake 2WNW (Lake).......................1.79 Lake Villa 2WSW (Lake).......................1.57 Lake Villa 1SSW (Lake).......................1.36 Waukegan (Lake)..............................1.33 Zion (Lake)..................................1.29 Botanic Gardens (Cook).......................1.28 Winthrop Harbor 1SSW (Lake)..................1.22 Bull Valley 2WNW (McHenry)...................1.16 Lake Bluff 1W (Lake).........................1.15 Mundelein (Lake).............................1.10 Libertyville 2ESE (Lake).....................1.09 Wonder Lake 1WNW (McHenry)...................1.03 Dixon 3NNW (Lee).............................0.94 Bannockburn (Lake)...........................0.92 Byron 3N (Ogle)..............................0.92 Dixon (Lee)..................................0.90 Wheeling (Cook)..............................0.89 Rockford 2ENE (Winnebago)....................0.87 Woodstock 5nw (McHenry)......................0.86 Park Ridge (Cook)............................0.84 Rockford 3NE (Winnebago).....................0.82 Rockford 1NW (Winnebago).....................0.81 Winnetka 1ESE (Cook).........................0.80 Capron (Boone)...............................0.71 Riverwoods (Lake)............................0.68 Lincolnwood 2E (Cook)........................0.67 Streator 1WSW (La Salle).....................0.67 Harvard (McHenry)............................0.65 Mundelein (Lake).............................0.65 Streator (Livingston)........................0.63 Woodstock 4SW (McHenry)......................0.62 Machesney Park 3ENE (Winnebago)..............0.62 Palatine 1E (Cook)...........................0.61 Barrington (Lake)............................0.60 Hoffman Estates 5W (Cook)....................0.60 Park Ridge 1WNW (Cook).......................0.60 Rogers Park 2SW (Cook).......................0.58 Rockford (Winnebago).........................0.58 Hebron (McHenry).............................0.55 St Anne (Kankakee)...........................0.55 Arlington Heights 1SW (Cook).................0.54 Roscoe 2ESE (Winnebago)......................0.54 Rochelle (Ogle)..............................0.54 Roscoe 2se (Winnebago).......................0.54 Midway Coop (Cook)...........................0.53 Buffalo Grove 2N (Lake)......................0.52 Bridgeview 1NNW (Cook).......................0.51 Gilberts (Kane)..............................0.51 Harwood Heights (Cook).......................0.49 Elgin (Kane).................................0.47 Elgin 1S (Kane)..............................0.47 Kankakee (Kankakee)..........................0.46 Streamwood (Cook)............................0.46 Ashton (Lee).................................0.45 Ohare (Cook).................................0.45 Oak Lawn 2WNW (Cook).........................0.41 Lake in the Hills 2.5W (McHenry).............0.41 Momence 6SSW (Kankakee)......................0.40 Steward (Lee)................................0.40 Dwight (Livingston)..........................0.38 Schaumburg 2E (Cook).........................0.38 Highwood 1S (Lake)...........................0.38 Midway (Cook)................................0.37 Willow Springs (Cook)........................0.37 Cicero 2SSW (Cook)...........................0.36 Lombard 1NNW (Du Page).......................0.36 Crystal Lake 1WSW (McHenry)..................0.36 Ravenswood Manor (Cook)......................0.35 Midlothian 1SE (Cook)........................0.33 Elk Grove Village 1ESE (Cook)................0.33 Roselle 1ESE (Du Page).......................0.33 Chebanse (Kankakee)..........................0.33 Elgin 2WNW (Kane)............................0.33 Genoa (De Kalb)..............................0.31 Elmhurst (Du Page)...........................0.31 Elgin 2W (Kane)..............................0.30 Glen Ellyn 1NNW (Du Page)....................0.29 Elmhurst 2SE (Du Page).......................0.29 Oak Park 1SW (Cook)..........................0.28 Glen Ellyn 1WSW (Du Page)....................0.28 Flossmoor 1ESE (Cook)........................0.27 Geneva 1SSW (Kane)...........................0.27 Lake Zurich (Lake)...........................0.27 Midlothian (Cook)............................0.26 Elmhurst 1ESE (Du Page)......................0.25 Wheaton 2NNE (Du Page).......................0.25 Batavia 2WNW (Kane)..........................0.25 Lisle Morton Arb (Du Page)...................0.25 Elk Grove Village 2WSW (Cook)................0.24 Chatsworth (Livingston)......................0.24 De Kalb (De Kalb)............................0.23 De Kalb (De Kalb)............................0.22 De Kalb 1SW (De Kalb)........................0.22 West Chicago (Du Page).......................0.21 Streator 4ENE (La Salle).....................0.21 Fairbury (Livingston)........................0.20 Homewood (Cook)..............................0.20 Burr Ridge 2SW (Du Page).....................0.20 Lake Zurich 1N (Lake)........................0.20 Downers Grove 0.4NNE (Du Page)...............0.19 Lily Lake 2E (Kane)..........................0.19 Rochelle (Ogle)..............................0.19 Chicago Ridge (Cook).........................0.18 Dwight 4NNW (Grundy).........................0.18 Ashkum 5.6E (Iroquois).......................0.18 Batavia 1WNW (Kane)..........................0.18 Plano (Kendall)..............................0.17 Paw Paw (Lee)................................0.17 La Grange Park 1SSW (Cook)...................0.15 Pontiac 1SE (Livingston).....................0.15 Pontiac 1ESE (Livingston)....................0.15 Oak Park 1NNE (Cook).........................0.14 Lisle 1SE (Du Page)..........................0.14 Naperville 2ESE (Du Page)....................0.13 Batavia 1WSW (Kane)..........................0.13 Aurora (Kane)................................0.12 Palos Park 1SW (Cook)........................0.12 Naperville 1NW (Du Page).....................0.12 Sugar Grove 1ENE (Kane)......................0.12 St. Charles 6NW (Kane).......................0.12 Elburn (Kane)................................0.12 Pontiac (Livingston).........................0.12 North Aurora 2NE (Kane)......................0.11 Park Forest 1NNE (Cook)......................0.10 Darien (Du Page).............................0.10 Aurora (Kane)................................0.09 Aurora 4SE (Du Page).........................0.09 Chicago 6ESE (Cook)..........................0.08 Plainfield (Will)............................0.08 Westmont (Du Page)...........................0.08 Yorkville 2SE (Kendall)......................0.08 Sugar Grove 1NE (Kane).......................0.07 Alsip (Cook).................................0.06 Mendota (La Salle)...........................0.06 Homer Glen 1ENE (Will).......................0.06 Oswego 5SSE (Kendall)........................0.05 Sheridan 3SSE (La Salle).....................0.05 Bourbonnais (Kankakee).......................0.04 Oak Lawn (Cook)..............................0.04 Algonquin 1N (McHenry).......................0.04 Plainfield 3ESE (Will).......................0.04 Lockport 1SE (Will)..........................0.04 Naperville 4SSW (Will).......................0.04 Mazon 0.5ENE (Grundy)........................0.03 Minooka (Grundy).............................0.03 Plainfield 3NNW (Will).......................0.03 Homer Glen 2NW (Will)........................0.03 Wilmington 3SE (Will)........................0.03 Mendota (La Salle)...........................0.03 Coal City 4NNW (Grundy)......................0.02 Elgin (Kane).................................0.02 Oak Lawn 2SE (Cook)..........................0.02 Worth (Cook).................................0.02 Flossmoor (Cook).............................0.02 Carbon Hill 3.1N (Grundy)....................0.02 Coal City (Grundy)...........................0.02 Morris 2SSE (Grundy).........................0.02 Coal City 3N (Grundy)........................0.02 Geneva 4WSW (Kane)...........................0.02 Ottawa 1NW (La Salle)........................0.02 Seneca 2SSW (La Salle).......................0.02 Ottawa 2N (La Salle).........................0.02 La Salle (La Salle)..........................0.02 North Utica 6N (La Salle)....................0.02 Peru 1ENE (La Salle).........................0.02 Manhattan 5ENE (Will)........................0.02 Crete 3E (Will)..............................0.02 Manhattan 1ESE (Will)........................0.02 Plainfield 2SSE (Will).......................0.02 New Lenox 2SE (Will).........................0.02 New Lenox 3ENE (Will)........................0.02 New Lenox 4SE (Will).........................0.02 Manhattan (Will).............................0.02 Ottawa (La Salle)............................0.02 Park Forest (Cook)...........................0.02 Morris (Grundy)..............................0.01 Morris 5NNW (Grundy).........................0.01 Morris 6ESE (Grundy).........................0.01 Cropsey 1NE (Livingston).....................0.01 Elwood 5NE (Will)............................0.01 Peotone (Will)...............................0.01 Channahon 2SSE (Will)........................0.01 Manhattan 2SE (Will).........................0.01 Joliet Lock/dam (Will).......................0.01 Marseilles (La Salle)........................0.01 Morris (Grundy)..............................0.01 Peotone (Will)...............................0.01 Peru (La Salle)..............................0.01 Oak Park 2S (Cook)..........................TRACE Countryside 1ENE (Cook).....................TRACE Villa Park 1NW (Du Page)....................TRACE Buckley (Iroquois)..........................TRACE New Lenox 3E (Will).........................TRACE Romeoville (Will)...........................TRACE Indiana Rain Location (County): fall (inches) Valparaiso 6NW (Porter)......................1.09 Valparaiso 2N (Porter).......................0.92 Valparaiso 2NW (Porter)......................0.92 Gary 5ENE (Lake).............................0.62 Hobart 2E (Lake).............................0.58 Valparaiso 3WSW (Porter).....................0.51 Munster 2NNW (Lake)..........................0.36 Lake Village 2W (Newton).....................0.28 Fair Oaks 6SW (Newton).......................0.28 Lake Village 8SE (Newton)....................0.26 De Motte 4SW (Jasper)........................0.25 Rensselaer 10NNE (Jasper)....................0.23 Schererville 1E (Lake).......................0.23 Schererville 1E (Lake).......................0.22 Wheatfield 3S (Jasper).......................0.18 Lake Village (Newton)........................0.17 Morocco (Newton).............................0.14 Brook 4W (Newton)............................0.13 Rensselaer 4N (Jasper).......................0.08 Rensselaer 5NW (Jasper)......................0.07 Kentland (Newton)............................0.07 Kentland 2SSE (Newton).......................0.07 Wheatfield 4WSW (Jasper).....................0.06 Rensselaer 2SSW (Jasper).....................0.05 Rensselaer (Jasper)..........................0.05 Remington (Jasper)...........................0.03 Hebron 4NE (Porter)..........................0.03 De Motte 1NNW (Jasper).......................0.02 De Motte 1SSW (Jasper).......................0.02 Crown Point 2WSW (Lake)......................0.02 (kb9f)Valparaiso 4S (Porter).................0.02 Valparaiso 2WNW (Porter).....................0.02 Lakes Of The Four Seasons 2NNE (Porter)......0.02 Valparaiso 7WSW (Porter).....................0.02 Portage 3E (Porter)..........................0.02 Crown Point (Lake)...........................0.01 Crown Point 1N (Lake)........................0.01 (w9mal)Merrillville 2NNW (Lake)..............0.01 Griffith 1N (Lake)...........................0.01 Porter 1S (Porter)...........................0.01 (w9opr)Wheatfield 1ENE (Jasper).............TRACE Dyer 1WNW (Lake)............................TRACE St. John (Lake).............................TRACE Valparaiso 2WSW (Porter)....................TRACE Valparaiso 4SW (Porter).....................TRACE Portage 1ESE (Porter).......................TRACE Valparaiso (Porter).........................TRACE $$
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