1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 430 AM CDT MON AUG 28 2006 ILZ003>006-008-010>014-019>022-023-032-033-039-INZ001-002-010-011- 019-290930- WINNEBAGO-BOONE-MCHENRY-LAKE IL-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-KANE-DU PAGE-COOK- LA SALLE-KENDALL-GRUNDY-WILL-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON-IROQUOIS-FORD- LAKE IN-PORTER-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- 430 AM CDT MON AUG 28 2006 THIS PORTION OF THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS...AND NORTHWEST INDIANA. .DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY TODAY OR TONIGHT. && COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO LMZ740>745-766-290930- WINTHROP HARBOR IL TO MICHIGAN CITY IN- LAKE MICHIGAN- 430 AM CDT MON AUG 28 2006 THIS PORTION OF THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ILLINOIS AND INDIANA WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE... TODAY AND TONIGHT A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KNOTS WILL GENERATE WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET. THERE IS A RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE INDIANA SHORELINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. && COMPLETE FORECAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS CHICAGO WEBPAGE: WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The coop observer in Rensselaer reported streeting flooding in parts of the city. Rainfall from midnight to 7 am was 1.34 inches with 2.20 additional inches falling between 7 am and 930 am.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, August 2006
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: 5525670.