Tornado Warning 8, NWS Chicago, IL

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCKFORD IL
430 PM CDT WED SEP 9 1992

...TORNADO WATCH FOR DE KALB/LEE/WHITESIDE AND LASALLE COUNTIES OF
NORTHERN ILLINOIS TIL 9 PM CDT...

THIS AFTERNOON AT 430 CDT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO THE SOUTH
AND EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM EAST OF ROCKFORD DOWN ILLINOIS
HIGHWAY 2 TO AROUND OREGON AND ON SOUTHWEST TO MOLINE. THEY WERE MOVING
EAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR.

BEHIND THIS LINE...RAINFALL WAS VERY LIGHT AND SOME CLEARING WAS TAKING
PLACE.

THE HEAVIEST THUNERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST LEE COUNTY AND FAR
SOUTHWEST DE KALB COUNTY. THEY WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS THAT
WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND SMALL
STREAMS. GUSTY WINDS TO ABOUT 35 OR 40 MPH AND CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL ALSO OCCUR.

PERSONS IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA...LEE/DE KALB/WHITESIDE/AND
LASALLE SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHEXR RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL
T. V. AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

ATTN ISP 1..2..16
FIELDS

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCKFORD IL
515 PM CDT WED SEP 9 1992

...TORNADO WATCH FOR DE KALB/LEE/WHITESIDE AND LASALLE COUNTIES OF
NORTHERN ILLINOIS TIL 9 PM CDT...

THIS AFTERNOON AT 515 CDT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO THE SOUTH
AND EAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM ROCKFORD TO MOLINE. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING TO THE EAST AROUND 35 MPH.

SOME CLEARING WAS TAKING PLACE BEHIND THIS LINE.

THE HEAVIEST THUNERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN DEKLAB COUNTY...SOUTH
OF THE CITY OF DEKALB. TEY WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS THAT CAN
PRODUCE PERIODS OF LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND SMALL STREAMS.
GUSTY WINDS TO ABOUT 35 OR 40 MPH AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL
OCCUR.
PERSONS IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA...LEE/DE KALB/WHITESIDE/AND
LASALLE SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL
T. V. AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

ATTN ISP 1..2..16
PETROVICH

ILZ003-005-008-INZ001-092345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
538 PM CDT WED SEP 9 1992

...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND
   NORTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 9 PM CDT...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN COOK...
   AND WILL COUNTIES...AND LAKE COUNTY INDIANA...

AT 5 30 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING
FROM THE SOUTH SUBURBS OF CHICAGO...TO JOLIET...INTO LASALLE COUNTY. GENERAL
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...WITH THE LINE SLOWLY SAGGING SOUTHWARD
DURING THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS.

HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO PROMOTE AND AGGREVATE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM
FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA. WILL COUNTY ESDA REPORTED THAT ROUTE 59 WAS
CLOSED IN PLAINFIELD DUE TO HIGH WATER OVER THE ROADWAY. ALSO...I-80 WAS
FLOODED AT MEADOW STREET IN JOLIET. BASEMENT FLOODING WAS REPORTED AT
SOME OF THE BUILDINGS ON THE LEWIS UNIVERSITY CAMPUS IN ROMEOVILLE.

SOME RAINFALL REPORTS FROM THE COOPERATIVE OBSERVER NETWORK THROUGH 5 PM
INCLUDE: 3.07 INCHES AT DARIEN... 3.14 INCHES AT ORLAND PARK... 3.54 INCHES
AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ROMEOVILLE...WITH OVER
FOUR INCHES IN THE JOLIET AREA.

PERSONS ALONG SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RAPIDLY
RISING WATERS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT PROPERTY.
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBLITY OF FLOODED ROADWAYS AND
UNDERPASSES.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST
ILLINOIS AND METRO CHICAGO...EXCEPT MCHENRY AND LAKE COUNTY ILLINOIS AND
LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIESd OF NORTHWEST INDIANA. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
AND LOCAL T.V. OR RADIO STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

DARMOFAL

ILZ003-005-008-INZ001-092345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTED LAST PARAGRAPH...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
538 PM CDT WED SEP 9 1992

...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND
   NORTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 9 PM CDT...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN COOK...
   AND WILL COUNTIES...AND LAKE COUNTY INDIANA...

AT 5 30 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING
FROM THE SOUTH SUBURBS OF CHICAGO...TO JOLIET...INTO LASALLE COUNTY. GENERAL
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...WITH THE LINE SLOWLY SAGGING SOUTHWARD
DURING THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS.

HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO PROMOTE AND AGGREVATE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM
FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA. WILL COUNTY ESDA REPORTED THAT ROUTE 59 WAS
CLOSED IN PLAINFIELD DUE TO HIGH WATER OVER THE ROADWAY. ALSO...I-80 WAS
FLOODED AT MEADOW STREET IN JOLIET. BASEMENT FLOODING WAS REPORTED AT
SOME OF THE BUILDINGS ON THE LEWIS UNIVERSITY CAMPUS IN ROMEOVILLE.

SOME RAINFALL REPORTS FROM THE COOPERATIVE OBSERVER NETWORK THROUGH 5 PM
INCLUDE: 3.07 INCHES AT DARIEN... 3.14 INCHES AT ORLAND PARK... 3.54 INCHES
AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ROMEOVILLE...WITH OVER
FOUR INCHES IN THE JOLIET AREA.

PERSONS ALONG SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RAPIDLY
RISING WATERS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT PROPERTY.
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBLITY OF FLOODED ROADWAYS AND
UNDERPASSES.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST ILLINOIS
AND METRO CHICAGO UNTIL 9 PM...EXCEPT FOR MCHENRY AND LAKE COUNTY ILLINOIS
AND LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST INDIANA. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO AND LOCAL T.V. OR RADIO STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

DARMOFAL

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCKFORD IL
550 PM CDT WED SEP 9 1992

...TORNADO WATCH FOR DE KALB/LEE/WHITESIDE AND LASALLE COUNTIES OF
NORTHERN ILLINOIS HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHCENTRAL ILLINOIS HAS BEEN
CANCELLED THIS AFTERNOON...EFFECTIVE AS OF 545 PM CDT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING EAST OF A LINE FROM BEVIDERE
TO ROCHELLE TO WEST OF LASALLE. THESE STORMS CONTINUE MOVING TO THE
EAST AROUND 30 MPH.

ELSEWHERE...SKIES WERE BEGINNING TO CLEAR...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE
MIDDLE 60S. WINDS WERE SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.

ATTN ISP 1..2..16
PETROVICH

ILZ003-005-008-INZ001-100000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
549 PM CDT WED SEP 9 1992

...THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHERN
   ILLINOIS...

THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR QUINCY
TO MARSEILLES TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF CHICAGO. IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS
GRUNDY...WILL...KANKAKEE...LIVINGSTON...FORD AND IROQUOIS COUNTIES
ARE STILL IN THE TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 900 PM. THE CITY OF CHICAGO
IS NO LONGER IN THE WATCH.

AT 545 PM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM
MARSEILLES TO PEORIA AND SOUTHWEST INTO MISSOURI MOVING EAST. RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED EAST FROM MARSEILLES TO
JOLIET AND GARY INDIANA.

ALLSOPP
FLOODED AT MEADOW STREET IN JOLIET. BASEMENT FLOODING WAS REPORTED AT
SOME OF THE BUILDINGS ON THE LEWIS UNIVERSITY CAMPUS IN ROMEOVILLE.

SOME RAINFALL REPORTS FROM THE COOPERATIVE OBSERVER NETWORK THROUGH 5 PM
INCLUDE: 3.07 INCHES AT DARIEN... 3.14 INCHES AT ORLAND PARK... 3.54 INCHES
AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ROMEOVILLE...WITH OVER
FOUR INCHES IN THE JOLIET AREA.

PERSONS ALONG SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RAPIDLY
RISING WATERS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT PROPERTY.
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBLITY OF FLOODED ROADWAYS AND
UNDERPASSES.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST
ILLINOIS AND METRO CHICAGO...EXCEPT MCHENRY AND LAKE COUNTY ILLINOIS AND
LAKE AND PORTER COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST INDIANA. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
AND LOCAL T.V. OR RADIO STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

DARMOFAL