Flash Flood in Lake County, Illinois

Flash Flood April 17, 2013 · Lake County, Illinois

$4.7M

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

A levee was breached in Lincolnshire requiring 49 homes to be evacuated. Route 41 was closed between Route 137 and Route 176. Near Beach Park, water was reported over many roads, ponds were out of banks, and many homes had water up to doorsteps. County emergency managers estimated that 4,500 properties were affected by the flooding.

The wider storm

Strong storms kicked off record setting heavy rains which resulted in record crests across area streams and rivers. Many locations across northern Illinois received 4 to 7 inches of rainfall, with several reports of over 7 inches of rain out of Du Page County.

Began near Channel Lake (42.4882, -88.1994).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 Ford County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 441140. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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