Heavy Rain — Livingston, Illinois

2025-08-12 · near Rugby, Livingston, Illinois

Event narrative

A private weather station northeast of Pontiac recorded 4.25 of storm total rain from approximately 1 PM through 6:15 PM CST.

Wider weather episode

Training thunderstorms brought several rounds of torrential rainfall to portions of northeast Illinois on the 12th, especially around the interior Chicago metro area. Street flooding was reported around a number of municipalities. Nearly 500 service requests were made to the city of Chicago for water in basements. One person was also injured at Montrose Beach as lightning struck nearby.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1282822. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.