...HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT... A STRONG STORM SYSTEM TAPPING INTO ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE WILL OVERSPREAD THE FORECAST AREA SUNDAY EVENING BRINGING HEAVY RAINFALL AND THUNDERSTORMS. MINIMAL SPREAD AMONGST FORECAST SOLUTIONS INDICATES A HIGHER CONFIDENCE THAT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION TOTALS BETWEEN 0.75 AND 1.00 INCHES IS LIKELY...ESPECIALLY AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO LOCALIZED AREAS IN EXCESS OF 1.5 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH IS WELL ABOVE NORMAL AND STORAGE CAPACITY FOR AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS HAS DIMINISHED DUE TO RECENT SNOWMELT AND RAINFALL. WITH SOILS AT OR NEAR SATURATION ANY ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BE CONVERTED TO RUNOFF. SHOULD PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS OCCUR AS FORECAST...AREA RIVERS MAY APPROACH OR EXCEED BANKFULL CONDITIONS MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...WITH AN EARLIER RESPONSE IN SMALLER STREAMS. AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 88 ARE MOST AT RISK TO SEE RIVERS AND STREAMS APPROACH BANKFULL...WITH SOME RISING TO MINOR FLOODING STAGES. PERSONS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND WITH INTERESTS NEAR RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS.
Includes the following counties in Northern IL: Cook, Lake, McHenry, Kane, Dekalb, Dupage, Lee, Ogle, Boone, Winnebago. Forecast Summaries and Weather Alerts for these areas will be posted on here. In addition any other weather phemona, or interesting facts,
Saturday, February 26, 2011
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