Spring has sprung and it brought a plentiful amount of rain yesterday. With the continuous amount of showers our area received, a record setting 1.67 inches of rain accumulated! Now this may not seem like a lot, but this is over a quarter of the amount we have received this year! The last record rainfall for March 20th was less than half our amount, 0.70 inches.
Spring for most of you may mean blooming flowers or the start of baseball season, but for us weather folk, it means not only severe weather, but also FLOODING! The National Weather Service in Romeoville has already issued a flood advisory.
The advisory issue this morning stated:
PECATONICA RIVER NEAR SHIRLAND AFFECTING WINNEBAGO COUNTY
ROCK RIVER AT ROCKTON AFFECTING WINNEBAGO COUNTY
ROCK RIVER AT LATHAM PARK AFFECTING WINNEBAGO COUNTY
ROCK RIVER AT BYRON AFFECTING OGLE COUNTY
THESE FORECASTS ARE BASED OFF RUNOFF FROM THE RAIN THAT FELL ON SUNDAY
ALONG WITH UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF RAINFALL TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING. WITH UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN EXPECTED FROM
TUESDAY MORNING UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS FAR NORTHERN ILLINOIS...
SOME OF THE STREAMS ALONG THE ROCK BASIN MAY REACH AT LEAST MINOR FLOOD STAGE
LATER THIS WEEK.
And just as the NWS stated, there is MORE precipitation forecasted for the rest of this week! Showers and thunderstorms will continue to overspread our region tomorrow. We might not make it until Sunday without seeing any precipitation at all.
And always as a precaution: If you encounter a flooded roadway, turn around, don't drown.
NWS Link
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