Thursday, July 28, 2011

Flooding Continues

****WTVO is still without power as of 3:30am.  ComEd is currently working on the situation and we hope to have things up and running by 5am**** 
According to ComEd 18,500 are still without power this morning; 21,700 were originally without power.  Within Rockford city limits 13,300 are without power.


3:35am: The image on the left is the radar rainfall estimate from 8:30pm last night through 3:30am this morning.  Doppler radar is indicating that close to 10" of rain has fallen across sections of Jo Daviess county.  Flash Flood Warnings continue for Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Winnebago and Carroll counties.  Many of the reports coming in have been from western Stephenson county near Lena of water standing over rural roads and in Pearl City where the Yellow Creek has gone over its bank.  Earlier in the evening evacuations were being conducted.  Numerous flooding reports coming out of Jo Daviess county. 
Storms continue to move across northern Illinois. Major flooding has been occurring across Jo Daviess and Stephenson counties. Storms will Continue to train over these same locations for the next several hours.

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