• 4PM THURSDAY UPDATE
  

There’s a Flood Warning and a Flash Flood Watch in effect after four- and five-day rain totals of more than 5 inches here in Kane County.

According to the National Weather Service Chicago, Aurora got hit with 5.24 inches of year during the 96 hours prior to 7 a.m. Wednesday, May 1. North Aurora collected 4.89 inches and Batavia 4.51 inches during that four-day period.

All of which adds up to some dangerous flash flooding and greater flooding of the Fox River.

Flood Warning

A Flood Warning continues for the Fox River at the Algonquin Lock & Dam tailwater, affecting Kane and McHenry counties, and at Montgomery, affecting Kane and Kendall counties.

According to the National Weather Service Chicago, the Algonquin tailwater warning runs from Johnsburg downstream to Red Gate Road in St. Charles.

The Flood Warming is in effect from now through Sunday morning.

At 2:30 p.m. today (Thursday, May 2, 2019), the stage was 9.1 feet. Flood stage is 9.5 feet.

Likewise, the Flood Warning for Montgomery extends from Red Gate Road downstream to Millington.

This warning is in effect until Monday morning.

At 2:15 today (Thursday), the stage was 13.4 feet. Flood stage is 13.0 feet.

The river will continue to rise to 13.4 feet.

Flash Flood Watch

A Flash Flood Watch has been issued for northern Illinois and Lake County Indiana for late tonight/Thursday morning until Thursday afternoon.

Another round of moderate to locally heavy rain is expected Thursday morning which could result in localized flash flooding as well as lead to additional rises/flooding on area rivers and streams.

Kane County Forecast

5-Day Totals

The following are rainfall totals from April 27 through early morning Thursday.

Location                                Amount
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IL AURORA COOP.......................... 5.26
IL MORRIS 1 NW COOP..................... 5.17
IL PLAINFIELD 3 NE COOP................. 5.02
IL LANSING COOP..........................5.02
IL MONEE RESERVOIR COOP................. 4.91
IL LITTLE RED SCHOOL HOUSE COOP......... 4.69
IL PARK FOREST COOP..................... 4.57
IN CROWN POINT 1N COOP.................. 4.54
IL MANHATTAN 5 NE COOP...................4.46
IL MENDOTA 2 SE COOP.....................4.40
IL EARLVILLE 3S COOP.....................4.36
IL CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN COOP.......... 4.35
IL PEOTONE COOP......................... 4.32
IL JOLIET BRANDON RD DAM COOP........... 4.31
IL DWIGHT COOP.......................... 4.11
IL AMBOY COOP........................... 4.10
IL ELBURN COOP.......................... 4.10
IL PAW PAW 2S COOP...................... 4.09
IL CHATSWORTH COOP...................... 3.93
IL ST ANNE COOP......................... 3.83
IL DIXON 1W COOP........................ 3.79
IL BOURBONNAIS 3NW COOP..................3.75
IL DE KALB COOP..........................3.63
IL STEWARD 3S COOP...................... 3.48
IN WANATAH 2 WNW COOP................... 3.47
IL ELGIN COOP........................... 3.30
IN RENSSELAER COOP...................... 3.19
IL MUNDELEIN 4 WSW COOP................. 2.89
IL PAXTON 2 WSW COOP.................... 2.77
IL ROSCOE 2SE COOP...................... 2.76
IL GENOA 2SW COOP....................... 2.75
IN MOROCCO 1 NW COOP.................... 2.70
IL MC HENRY -WG STRATTON L&D COOP....... 2.33
IL WOODSTOCK 5NW COOP................... 2.29
IL HARVARD COOP......................... 2.17

Kane County 4-Day Totals

96 hours prior to 7 a.m. Wednesday, May 1

• Aurora — 5.24 inches
• North Aurora — 4.89 inches
• Montgomery (Kendall) — 4.81
• Batavia — 4.51 inches
• Geneva — 4.36 inches
• Elburn — 4.23 inches
• St. Charles — 4.21 inches
• Elgin — 3.81 inches
• Sugar Grove — 3.64 inches
• Maple Park — 3.58 inches
• Sleepy Hollow — 3.04 inches
• Algonquin (McHenry) — 2.03 inches

4-Day Regional Rain Totals

Illinois                                       Rain
  Location (County):                           fall (inches)

  Oswego 5SSE (Kendall) .......................5.51
  Darien 0.4 SSE (DuPage) .....................5.43
  Glen Ellyn 1.1 WSW (DuPage) ................ 5.29
  Wheaton 2.0 NNE (DuPage) ................... 5.26
  Naperville 2.4 SE (DuPage) ................. 5.26
  Aurora (Kane) ...............................5.24
  Sheridan 3.4 SSE (La Salle) .................5.16
  Plainfield 4.8 SW (Kendall) .................5.15
  Plainfield 3.8 NNW (Will) ...................5.13
  Romeoville (Will) ...........................5.13
  Countryside 0.8 ENE (Cook) ..................5.12
  Roselle 1.2 ESE (DuPage) ....................5.12
  Plainfield 2.4 SSE (Will) ...................5.09
  Naperville 1.1 NW (DuPage) ..................5.08
  Minooka 0.3 NE (Grundy) .....................5.06
  Crete 2.7 W (Will) ..........................5.06
  Palos Park 1.3 SW (Cook) ....................5.02
  Lansing (Cook) ..............................5.02
  Plainfield (Will) ...........................5.02
  Oak Forest 0.6 N (Cook) .....................5.01
  Homewood 0.1 ESE (Cook) .....................5.00
  Homer Glen 0.7 NNE (Will) ...................4.99
  Chicago 5.5 ESE (Cook) ......................4.98
  Aurora 3.8 SE (DuPage) ......................4.98
  Morris 4.8 NNW (Grundy) .....................4.96
  Plainfield 3.0 ESE (Will) ...................4.96
  Oak Park 1.3 NNE (Cook) .....................4.95
  Downers Grove 0.4 NNE (DuPage) ............. 4.95
  Naperville 4.0 SSW (Will) ...................4.93
  Morris (Grundy) .............................4.92
  North Aurora 1.5 NE (Kane) ..................4.89
  Monee (Will) ................................4.89
  Oak Park 1.5 S (Cook) .......................4.88
  Ottawa 1.8 S (La Salle) .....................4.88
  Monee 4.9 W (Will) ..........................4.86
  Palos Park 3.6 WNW (Cook) ...................4.84
  Burr Ridge 1.9 SW (DuPage) ..................4.83
  Plainfield 2.4 SSE (Will) ...................4.83
  Villa Park 1.0 NW (DuPage) ..................4.81
  Montgomery 0.8 SSE (Kendall) ................4.81
  Naperville 2.8 SSW (Will) ...................4.81
  Downers Grove 0.9 S (DuPage) ................4.79
  Ottawa 1.3 NW (La Salle) ....................4.79
  Ottawa 1.6 N (La Salle) .....................4.79
  Ottawa 0.4 N (La Salle) .....................4.79
  Joliet 2.9 WNW (Will) .......................4.78
  Crete 2.6 E (Will) ..........................4.78
  Oak Lawn 1.6 WNW (Cook) .....................4.77
  Elmhurst 2.0 SE (DuPage) ....................4.76
  Lisle 1.3 SE (DuPage) .......................4.75
  Midway 3SW (Cook) ...........................4.74
  Morris 5.9 ESE (Grundy) .....................4.73
  Elmhurst 0.4 SW (DuPage) ....................4.69
  Willow Springs (Cook) .......................4.69
  La Grange Park 0.7 SSW (Cook) ...............4.68
  Manhattan 1.9 SE (Will) .....................4.67
  Oak Lawn 1.9 SE (Cook) ......................4.65
  Medinah 1.0 SSW (DuPage) ....................4.65
  Morris 1.5 SW (Grundy) ......................4.64
  Mendota 0.4 ENE (La Salle) ..................4.64
  Plainfield 2.9 NNW (Will) ...................4.63
  Elk Grove Village 0.6 ESE (Cook) ............4.62
  Midlothian 0.1 SSE (Cook) ...................4.61
  Channahon 0.8 NNE (Will) ....................4.60
  Lockport 1.3 SE (Will) ......................4.58
  Homer Glen 1.6 NW (Will) ....................4.55
  Bolingbrook 3.0 WSW (Will) ..................4.55
  Oak Lawn 0.5 SSW (Cook) .....................4.54
  Manhattan 0.8 ESE (Will) ....................4.54
  Park Forest (Cook) ..........................4.53
  Oak Park 1.0 SW (Cook) ......................4.52
  Harwood Heights 0.4 NNE (Cook) ..............4.51
  Batavia 1.3 WNW (Kane) ......................4.51
  Chicago Ridge 0.2 WSW (Cook) ................4.50
  Channahon 2.5 SSE (Will) ....................4.50
  La Salle 0.1 W (La Salle) ...................4.46
  Manhattan 4.7 ENE (Will) ....................4.46
  New Lenox 3.3 E (Will) ......................4.44
  Morris 6.4 ESE (Grundy) .....................4.40
  Batavia 0.7 WSW (Kane) ......................4.40
  Park Ridge 0.5 SSW (Cook) ...................4.38
  Beecher 3.4 SSE (Will) ......................4.37
  Flossmoor 1.2 ESE (Cook) ....................4.36
  Geneva 3.9 WSW (Kane) .......................4.36
  Mendota (La Salle) ..........................4.36
  Elk Grove Village 2.2 WSW (Cook) ............4.34
  Botanic Gardens (Cook) ......................4.33
  Earlville (La Salle) ........................4.33
  Ottawa (La Salle) ...........................4.33
  Chatsworth 1.2 S (Livingston) ...............4.32
  Park Forest 1.0 SW (Cook) ...................4.31
  Carbon Hill 3.1 N (Grundy) ..................4.31
  Peotone 0.4 ENE (Will) ......................4.31
  Brandon Road Lock & Dam (Will) ..............4.31
  Park Forest 0.8 NNE (Cook) ..................4.30
  Barrington (Lake) ...........................4.30
  Flossmoor 0.5 SW (Cook) .....................4.29
  Somonauk 1.9 NE (DeKalb) ....................4.29
  Sugar Grove 0.7 NE (Kane) ...................4.27
  Bult Field-Monee 4.9 SE (Will) ..............4.27
  Aurora 3.6 SE (DuPage) ......................4.24
  Mokena 3.4 WNW (Will) .......................4.24
  Elburn 0.3 NW (Kane) ........................4.23
  New Lenox 2.0 ESE (Will) ....................4.23
  Wilmington 6.3 NW (Will) ....................4.23
  Schaumburg 2.0 E (Cook) .....................4.22
  St. Charles 0.1 E (Kane) ....................4.22
  New Lenox 1.8 SE (Will) .....................4.20
  Wilmington 2.6 SE (Will) ....................4.20
  Elmwood Park 0.7 ESE (Cook) .................4.19
  Geneva 1.3 NW (Kane) ........................4.17
  Naperville 0.5 NW (DuPage) ..................4.16
  Coal City 0.4 N (Grundy) ....................4.16
  Lisle (DuPage) ..............................4.16
  Hoffman Estates 4.6 W (Cook) ................4.15
  North Utica 6.3 N (La Salle) ................4.15
  Worth 0.1 E (Cook) ..........................4.14
  Bridgeview 1.3 NNW (Cook) ...................4.12
  Mazon 0.5 ENE (Grundy) ......................4.10
  Momence (Kankakee) ..........................4.10
  Dwight (Livingston) .........................4.09
  Arlington Heights 1.2 SW (Cook) .............4.08
  Rogers Park 0.6 ESE (Cook) ..................4.08
  Elburn 0.4 NW (Kane) ........................4.07
  Cropsey 1.0 NE (Livingston) .................4.04
  Peru 0.7 ENE (La Salle) .....................4.01
  Mount Prospect 3.0 NE (Cook) ................3.99
  Manteno 2.1 NW (Kankakee) ...................3.99
  Arlington Heights 2.6 SSW (Cook) ............3.97
  Dixon 3.0 NNW (Lee) .........................3.97
  Bloomingdale 1.2 ESE (DuPage) ...............3.95
  Manteno 2.2 SSE (Kankakee) ..................3.94
  St. Charles 6.0 NW (Kane) ...................3.92
  Rogers Park 1.5 SW (Cook) ...................3.88
  Riverwoods 0.4 ENE (Lake) ...................3.88
  Lincolnwood 1.8 E (Cook) ....................3.87
  St. Anne (Kankakee) .........................3.83
  Elgin 7.5 WSW (Kane) ........................3.81
  Elgin 2.5 W (Kane) ..........................3.79
  Rochelle (Ogle) .............................3.78
  Plano 0.4 NNE (Kendall) .....................3.77
  Chatsworth 0.4 ESE (Livingston) .............3.77
  Earlville 4.8 NNE (DeKalb) ..................3.76
  Highwood 0.9 S (Lake) .......................3.76
  Ashkum 5.6 E (Iroquois) .....................3.75
  Bourbonnais .................................3.74
  Pontiac 0.7 ESE (Livingston) ................3.73
  Morris 2.5 SSE (Grundy) .....................3.68
  Chicago 4.7 NE (Cook) .......................3.66
  Herscher 3.3 E (Kankakee) ...................3.66
  Cicero 0.4 W (Cook) .........................3.65
  Sugar Grove 1.4 ENE (Kane) ..................3.64
  De Kalb 0.7 SW (DeKalb) .....................3.63
  Streator 1.3 WSW (La Salle) .................3.62
  Paw Paw (Lee) ...............................3.60
  Maple Park 3.1 SE (Kane) ....................3.58
  Chebanse 0.4 NNE (Kankakee) .................3.57
  Pontiac 1.0 SE (Livingston) .................3.56
  Amboy (Lee)..................................3.52
  De Kalb 0.3 ENE (DeKalb) ....................3.51
  Dixon 0.5 S (Lee) ...........................3.51
  Chebanse 1.6 SW (Kankakee) ..................3.49
  Sublette 3.1 WNW (Lee) ......................3.47
  Watseka 6.9 WNW (Iroquois) ..................3.40
  DeKalb (DeKalb) .............................3.37
  Lake Forest 2.1 NNE (Lake) ..................3.36
  Clifton 0.5 WNW (Iroquois) ..................3.35
  Cissna Park 0.6 S (Iroquois) ................3.34
  St Anne 3.2 NNE (Kankakee) ..................3.33
  Buffalo Grove 1.5 N (Lake) ..................3.26
  Palatine 1.3 E (Cook) .......................3.24
  West Chicago (DuPage) .......................3.23
  Elgin (Kane) ................................3.23
  Dixon (Lee) .................................3.21
  Hoffman Estates 1.6 SE (Cook) ...............3.19
  Steward (Lee) ...............................3.18
  Cortland 0.3 SSW (DeKalb) ...................3.15
  Gibson City 3.0 WNW (Ford) ..................3.10
  Rockford 3.3 NE (Winnebago) .................3.06
  Mundelein 0.5 NNE (Lake) ....................3.05
  Sleepy Hollow 0.7 W (Kane) ..................3.04
  Gibson City 2.4 SW (Ford) ...................3.02
  Buckley 0.2 SSE (Iroquois) ..................3.00
  Gibson City 6.5 NE (Ford) ...................2.94
  Lake Bluff 1.3 W (Lake) .....................2.86
  Rockford 1.5 ENE (Winnebago) ................2.83
  Mundelein (Lake) ............................2.83
  Paxton (Ford) ...............................2.77
  Paxton 0.5 E (Ford) .........................2.74
  Rockford 4.5 WSW (Winnbago) .................2.68
  Roscoe 1.6 ESE (Winnebago) ..................2.63
  Marengo 0.7 NNW (McHenry) ...................2.60
  Fox Lake 2.4 SE (Lake) ......................2.58
  Capron 0.1 N (Boone) ........................2.58
  Crystal Lake 1.0 WSW (McHenry) ..............2.55
  Bull Valley 2.5 WNW (McHenry) ...............2.46
  McHenry (Stratton Lock & Dam) (McHenry) .....2.27
  Woodstock 3.8 SW (McHenry) ..................2.25
  Gilberts 0.5 N (Kane) .......................2.24
  Wonder Lake 0.8 WNW (McHenry) ...............2.20
  Algonquin 0.7 N (McHenry) ...................2.03