...EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL AT CHICAGO-OHARE THIS MORNING...


BETWEEN 947 AM AND 955 AM THIS MORNING...EXTREME RAINFALL RATES

OCCURRED AT CHICAGO-OHARE IN ASSOCIATION WITH A LINE OF STRONG

THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. IN AN EIGHT MINUTE PERIOD...

0.75 OF AN INCH OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN 947 AM AND 955 AM...OF WHICH

0.55 OF AN INCH FELL BETWEEN 947 AM AND 951 AM. THE 0.55 OF AN INCH

IN 4 MINUTES RATE WOULD EQUATE TO 8.25 INCHES IN ONE HOUR. IN

TOTAL...1.29 INCHES OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN 700 AND 100 PM. THE

STRONGEST WIND GUST MEASURED AT THE AIRPORT DURING THIS TIME WAS

43 MPH.
from my U.S. Cellular Android device