Active Weather Evening possible tonight

[Galvan]

Good evening, and I am watching a series of Strong to Severe Storms heading into our area, below you can see Doppler Radar as of around 650 a line of pretty nasty storms in the Aurora area as well as a nasty looking cell around Rochelle.


These storms are a result of the weak frontal system that is impacting our area from the North, as you see below. This front as it impacts our area which has been in a very humid practically all weekend and Today...

Sets the stage for the likelyhood of Strong to Severe Weather Tonight.




The result for these storms could be locally heavy rain of 2 to 4 inches as well as damaging winds and hail.

Already the National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch

FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST
INDIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ILLINOIS...
BOONE...COOK...DE KALB...DUPAGE...GRUNDY...KANE...KENDALL...LA
SALLE...LAKE ILLINOIS...LEE...MCHENRY...OGLE...WILL AND
WINNEBAGO. IN NORTHWEST INDIANA...LAKE INDIANA AND PORTER


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[FRD714]

Glad to see rain is a good possibility tomorrow. I could use a day off work.

[[jonrev]]

Lot of lightning, lot of heavy rain right now, and it's not ending soon. There's flood warnings to the west of me.

[Galvan]

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN COOK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
DUPAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN KANE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 345 AM CDT...

* AT 245 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR HAMPSHIRE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS 60 TO 70 MPH...
WHICH CAN KNOCK DOWN LIMBS AND POWER LINES.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
SLEEPY HOLLOW BY 255 AM...
ELGIN...WEST DUNDEE...EAST DUNDEE...AND CARPENTERSVILLE BY 300
AM...
STREAMWOOD...BARTLETT...AND HOFFMAN ESTATES BY 310 AM...
HANOVER PARK...AND SCHAUMBURG BY 315 AM...

IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS WHICH
MAY LEAD TO FLOODING.

[[jonrev]]

Grayslake Police is reporting a foot of flood water in local areas. Be careful driving in the morning.

[FRD714]

Looks like it will be a busy day for me and my guys to get this mess cleaned up.

[Sedir]

Geez that was a pretty vicious storm. The thunder was wild it just sounded like sonic booms and bombs going off, it was pretty difficult to sleep.

[Danhockey04]

It stormed last night? Wow, didn't even notice.

[cycamps]

It's horrible where I am. Granted I live on the top of the tallest hill in my county and I get the worst of it, it's still lightninging every few seconds.

[Galvan]

Another line of Showers and Thunderstorms expected to impact our area tonight.. And With that a Severe Thunderstorm Warning has just been issued



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN LA SALLE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHERN KENDALL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT...

* AT 1142 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR NEWARK...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
NEWARK BY 1205 AM...

[[jonrev]]

Looks like all the fun stuff's going south of me.

[DejaVuGurl1203]

This is rather exciting. We were out sitting in a parking lot watching the beginning of the storm. The lightning was nonstop. Still kind of is.

[[jonrev]]

More stuff coming tonight. There's a really big storm heading straight for us. Doesn't look like it's severe though.

[[jonrev]]

A line of strong storms is coming straight at us from Wisconsin. This storm is capable of heavy winds and has a history of producing mesocyclones. Be careful tonight.

Already have the strong winds here. Weather Underground's radar was showing a mesocyclone near Round Lake Beach and just north of Grayslake a few minutes ago.

[Galvan]

We have got a pretty interesting line going here.... Taking a look at the Doppler pretty nice looking cell In Central Dupage and West Central Cook, this storm is moving south and has a history of producing Heavy Rains and Winds up to 60 MPH.

[w00dland]

^I rocked that storm in a tent last night around midnight. Good times.

[Director_Guy]

Ugh, I was in a tent through that storm too. Holy crap it sucked.

[DejaVuGurl1203]

Omg, a strong thunderstorm just passed. It woke me up before it got bad. The thunder got louder and louder, and finally, the lightning was right next to us. This is my least favorite part when I'm trying to sleep, but still exciting. As my anxiety rose to a certain point, it got crazy. All of a sudden there was another bolt of lightning that sounded and looked like it hit something. Either our house, the fence, or a tree or something. The power went on and off and on a bit, and a car alarm went off. That was scary. The lightning was absolutely crazy. And I'm left wanting more...

[[jonrev]]

Looks like the entire week will be rainy.

[Sireze]

It was raining really hard over by my house

[Jackluver18]

My house shook last night from the thunder...my mom said I didn't get up during the storm which scared her because I usually never sleep through thunderstorms but the last couple of weeks when we've had bad storms....i've slept through them.

[Demon_07]

I hope it clears up tomorrow. I was really looking forward to going to six flags tomorrow.

[DejaVuGurl1203]

They say it's going to go on all week. Perfect way to end summer when my boyfriend is on vacation.

Thunderstorms possible tonight, possibly severe.

[demon boy]

I jsut realized, gam must have a pretty good drain system or else it'd be quite flooded in a lot of areas. SFGAm is built, first of all, in a low spot of gurnee, and there are even lower parts in the park! Yukon and SWT mainly.

[Demon_07]

Well I'm leaving at 12:30 so I think we'll be in the clear. At least I hope. I'll give a trip report when I get back.