Lake storm history

An 83 year old man from Libertyville died of a heart attack while shoveling snow on the morning of February 2nd. A 48 year old man was found dead in his car in Grayslake. His car was found still running. A 57 year old woman was found dead inside her vehicle in Lake Zurich on Febr…

A tree was blown down onto a tent with two people sleeping inside at Illinois Beach State Park. One person was killed and the other was injured.

Torrential rain fell across much of Lake County during the morning of July 12th causing widespread flash flooding. Numerous roads were impassable. In Mundelein, numerous houses were flooded and people were rescued by raft. Cars were stranded in flood waters in Libertyville. Garag…

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 estimate…

Downed trees, tree branches, and power lines were reported in Barrington. Hail of unknown size was also reported.

The Village of Barrington reported multiple tree branches broken in the area.

A large tree branch was down and blocking Oak Knoll Rd west of Barrington.

A tree fell onto power lines and tore the lines away from a house along N East St in Lake Barrington.

A large tree fell and knocked down power lines along Old Hart Rd in Barrington.

Photos showed large tree limbs snapped on at least two trees.

A private weather station recorded a 64 mph gust in Highland Park.

A microburst impacted portions of Libertyville. A large tree fell onto a townhouse on Country Club Dr, rendering it uninhabitable, and power poles were downed near Liberty Lake. Tree damage was also noted in the same general area.

A report of 1.09 of rain in 30 minutes came out of Gurnee.

Small tree limbs were broken.

Photos showed a large tree that was blown down onto a house causing damage to siding, gutters and part of the roof.

A 2.5 foot diameter tree was blown down onto a house.

Multiple reports of hail up to 2 inches in diameter were received.

A private weather station measured a wind gust to 62 mph.

A 40 foot tall, 10 inch diameter pine tree snapped about 10 feet up and landed on a house in Long Grove.

A photo shared on social media showed multiple softwood trees damaged with some snapped in Vernon Hills.

Multiple trees were uprooted at the Glen Flora Country Club near Waukegan.