Father's Day Morning Weather Update

Storm Reports:
SSE Lena, Stephenson Co., Heavy rainfall - 2.20" in the past hour

2 miles NW Lena, Stephenson Co., Minor Flooding on roadways - low lying areas

1 mile S Lena, Stephenson Co., Heavy rainfall - 2.0" 

10:30am Update:  A thunderstorm with heavy rainfall is moving just west of Freeport this morning.  Rainfall rates of 1" to 2" per hour have been indicated by radar as well as public reports.  This storm is slowly drifting to the southeast and will be in the Freeport area within the hour.





A band of showers, and even a few rumbles of thunder, have formed this morning stretching from southern Wisconsin near Brodhead and Monroe into northwest Stephenson and Jo Daviess counties north of Highway 20.  These are slowly moving east.

Also noting a couple more showers popping up across eastern Ogle county south of Rockford.  Those, too, are moving to the east/northeast.  Watch for these showers/storms to sweep across northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin through the morning hours.