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Flood — De Kalb, IL

Oct 14, 2017

Multiple rounds of thunderstorms moved across northern Illinois on October 14th producing very heavy rainfall and some flooding. Severe thunderstorms moved across northern Illinois during the late evening of October 14th. A swath of 4 to 8 inches of rain fell from northern LaSalle, northern Kendall, northern Will, southern De Kalb, southern Kane and Du Page Counties. River flooding was observed on portions of the Des Plaines and Du Page Rivers. ||Chicago O'Hare Airport measured 4.19 inches of

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 723522). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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