Heavy Rain in Lee County, Illinois

Heavy Rain June 20, 2024 · Lee County, Illinois

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Private weather KILDIXON53 recorded 2.71 inches of rain in an hour and a half's time. 2.28 inches of that fell in 40 minutes with over an inch being recorded in a 15 minute span.

The wider storm

During the afternoon of the 20th, a line of showers and thunderstorms produced a narrow corridor of very heavy rainfall in the Sauk Valley area of northern Illinois.

Began near Walton (41.7300, -89.4400).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1189321. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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