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Flood — Iroquois, IL

Jan 11, 2020

Heavy rain moved across parts of northern Illinois during the evening of January 10th and continued into the early morning of January 11th producing localized flooding. Across parts of northwest Illinois, temperatures were cold enough for the rain to fall as freezing rain. A quarter inch of ice was reported on trees in Winnebago, in Winnebago County with a thin layer of ice on pavement and a quarter inch of ice was measured at Rockford Airport. Another area of light freezing rain moved across

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 871930). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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