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Flood — Kane, IL

Aug 23, 2007

Powerful and damaging thunderstorms moved across northern Illinois producing widespread wind damage. The most intense wind damage occurred along a path which began in far western Dupage County near the intersection of Roosevelt Road and Washington Street in West Chicago and continued east through the northern portions Lombard and Glen Ellyn, into Northlake, then across the north side of Chicago to the Lake Michigan Shore near Montrose Harbor. Wind damage along this path was consistent with win

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 58991). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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