Heavy Rain, Lake
- When
- September 7, 10:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lake County, Waukegan
- Coordinates
- 42.349, -87.862 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Illinois, September 7, 1996
Heavy rains dumped up to 5 inches of water in Waukegan, flooding several streets and causing temporary power outages.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS LOT wrote it up.
Heavy rains dumped up to 5 inches of water in Waukegan, flooding several streets and causing temporary power outages.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Ohio, September 7, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, September 7, 1996
- Flood in District of Columbia, September 7 to 10, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, September 7, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, September 7, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, September 7, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, September 7, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, September 7, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, September 7, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Ohio, September 7 to 30, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Illinois, September 7, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, September 7, 1996
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, September 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5563389.