Heavy Rainfall Early this Morning

5:30 am Update:  Showers continue to move east this morning leaving mostly cloudy skies in its wake.  Easterly winds will keep it fairly chilly this morning before shifting to the north later this afternoon.  Watch for fog and drizzle this morning.  The dry slot is moving through Iowa so we may be able to break up some of the cloud cover later this morning, however I do expect the clouds to move back in on the backside of the low with even a few light snow showers showing up later this afternoon.

1:45 am Update:  Radar rainfall estimates across northern Lee county are suggesting close to one inch of rain has already fallen within the past hour.  This quick, heavy rain will likely cause flooding of low lying areas such as ditches, underpasses, creeks and drainage areas. 

1:30 am Update: While the severe threat has since diminished, heavy rainfall will continue to move east early this morning.  Heavy rainfall will continue to move through southern Winnebago, Ogle, Lee and DeKalb counties so watch out in Oregon, Amboy, Ashton, Rochelle, Byron and Kirland.