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Regional News - Rain Gauge Report

WGFA Heritage FS Rain Gauge Reports

Listen for the latest Heritage FS Rain Gauge Reports every morning following a rainfall. We’ll pass along all of our reports at 7:30 Monday through Friday on WGFA during the Breakfast Club. If you’d like to call in a report, our phone number is (815) 432-4997 or you can submit it on our contact page.

Water Levels – Milford @ Sugar Creek
Water Levels – Iroquois @ Renssalaer
Water Levels – Iroquois @ Foreseman
Water Levels – Iroquois River @ Iroquois
Water Levels – Iroquois @ Chebanse
Water Levels – Kankakee @ Davis Route 30 Bridge
Water Levels – Kankakee @ Dunns Bridge
Water Levels – Kankakee @ Kouts
Water Levels – Kankakee @ Shelby
Water Levels – Kankakee @ Momence
Water Levels – Kankakee @ Wilmington

Heavy Rainfall Potential for Thursday through Friday

October 29, 2009

A powerful storm system will be moving out of the Plains overnight, and will begin to affect western Illinois by midday Thursday, spreading across the state by evening. This system is expected to spread another round of very heavy rain across central and southeast Illinois.
Current projections indicate the potential for 2 to 4 [...]

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Heritage FS Rain Gauge Reports for October 2009

October 5, 2009

10/30/2009
1.19 Watseka – WGFA
1 Gilman – Dexter
1.4 Sheldon – Disosway
.93 Eisenmann – Cissna Park
1.8 Beaverville – Donovan Farmers
1.25 Milford – Lucht
1 Gilman – McGee
1 Chebanse – Nordmeyer
1.3 Kankakee – Cooper
.9 Milford Cissna Slab – Neukomm
1.04 Chatsworth – Sanders
1.6 Ashkum Schoolman
1 Buckley Seggebruch
1.5 Earl Park – Vanderwall
1.03 Grant park – Whorall
1 Wellington – Ziebart
10/28/2009
.3 Watseka – [...]

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Heritage FS Rain Gauge Reports for September 2009

September 10, 2009

09/28/2009
.2 Watseka – Booi
.35 Cissna Park – Eisenmann
.09 Watseka – WGFA
.1 Gilman – Dexter
.1 Wellington Ziebart
.5 Earl Park – Vanderwall
1.0 Buckley – Seggebruch
.5 Sheldon – Disosway
.15 Gilman – McgeHee
.83 Milford – Lucht
.04 Crescent City – Wessels
9/25/2009
.04 Crescent City – Wessels
.01 Milford – Lucht
.03 Wellington
09/24/2009
.77 Crescent City – Wessels
.2 Cehbanse – Nordmeyer
.41 Milford – Lucht
.5 Buckley [...]

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National Weather Service says Heavy Rain and Thunderstorms Today and Tonight

August 19, 2009

TODAY: A warm front lifting northward into central Illinois will trigger scattered showers and thunderstorms today (8/19). While widespread severe weather is not anticipated, a few of the storms could produce marginally severe hail and gusty winds. The storms will be most numerous during the afternoon hours across locations along and west [...]

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Heritage FS Rain Gauge Reports for August 2009

August 2, 2009

08/28/2009
.98 Watseka (WGFA)
1.0 Watseka (Booi)
1.3 Gilman (Dexter)
.8 Sheldon (Disosway)
.7 Cissna Park (Eisenmann)
1.0 Beaverville (Donovan Farmers)
1.0 Donovan (St Peter)
.38 Milford (Lucht)
.81 Crescent City (Wessels)
2.0 Chebanse (ScooterO
1.5 Clifton (Hansen)
1.45 Gilman (McGeeHee)
1.0 Martinton (Berry Farm)
1.04 Crescent City (Rosalius)
1.94 Chatsworth (Sanders)
1.5 Ashkum (Schoolman)
1.2 Buckley (Seggebruch)
3.25 Momence (Duncan)
.5 Earl Park (Vanderwall)
2.75 Grant Park (Whorrall)
08/21/2009
.2 Donovan (St Peter)
.3 Grant Park (Whorrall)
08/20/2009
.89 [...]

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Heritage FS Rain Guage Reports for July 2009

July 5, 2009

07/28/2009
.4 Watseka (WGFA)
.5 Watseka (Booi)
.2 Sheldon (Disosway)
.67 Cissna Park (Eisenmann)
.74 Crescent City (Wessels)
.1 Gilman (McGeeHee)
.5 Cissna Park (Neukomm)
.35 Chatsworth (Sanders)
.3 Buckley (Seggebruch)
.37 Milford (Lucht)
1.0 Earl Park (Vanderwall)
07/27/2009
.5 Watseka (Booi)
.73 Cissna Park (Eisenmann)
.3 Beaverville (Donovan Farmers)
.6 Chebanse (Nordmeyer)
.58 Milford (Lucht)
.7 Cissna Park (Reetz)
.8 Buckley (Seggebruch)
.5 Earl Park, IN (Vanderwall)
1.0 Grant Park (Whorrall)
07/24/2009
.4 Watseka – WGFA
.6 pea [...]

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Heritage FS Rain Gauge Reports – June 2009

May 30, 2009

06/29/2009 – Weekend Totals
.1 – Gilman – McGeeHee
.05 – Milford – Lucht
.2 – Chebanse – Nordmeyer
06/22/2009 – Weekend Totals
1.47 – Watseka – WGFA
1.4 – Watseka – Booi
.5 Sheldon – Disosway
.83 – Crescent City – Wessels
2.5 – Chebanse – Nordmeyer
.77 – Milford – Lucht
1.8 – Clifton – Hansen
.7 – Cissna Park Slab S of Milford – [...]

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Heritage FS Rain Gauge Reports – May 2009

April 30, 2009

05/25/2009
.3 Gilman (Dexter)
05/24/2009
.18 Watseka (WGFA)
05/23/2009
.5 Gilman (McGeeHee)
.4 Chatsworth (Sanders)
05/16/2009
1.62 Watseka (WGFA)
2.0 Sheldon (Kaiser)
.46 Cissna Park (Eisenmann)
1.5 Beaverville (Donovan Farmers)
.8 Clifton (Hansen)
2.0 Earl Park, IN (Vanderwall)
1.3 Grant Park (Whorrall)
2.2 Wellington (Ziebart)
1.2 Stockland/Milford (Sugar Creek Cemetary)
05/14/2009
2.04 Watseka (WGFA)
3.0 Watseka (Booi)
2.6 Gilman (Dexter)
3.5 Beaverville (Donovan Farmers)
2.1 Chebanse (Scooter Nordmeyer)
1.9 Clifton (Hansen)
2.9 Gilman (McGeeHee)
2.11 Milford (Lucht)
2.9 Martinton (Riverfront Berry [...]

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Heritage FS Rain Gauge Reports for April 2009

March 31, 2009

04/30/2009
.15 Watseka (WGFA) Total April – 4.55
.1 Gilman (Dexter)
.2 Beaverville (Donovan Farmers)
.1 Chebanse (Nordmeyer)
.31 Crescent City (Country Gunsmith)
.2 Chatsworth (Sanders)
.6 Ashkum (Schoolman)
.25 Buckley (Seggebruch)
.3 Wellington (Ziebart)
04/29/2009
.02 Watseka (WGFA)
.2 Cliton (Hansen)
.1 Gilman (McGeeHee)
04/28/2009
.85 Watseka (WGFA)
1.0 Watseka (Booi)
.85 Gilman (Dexter)
1.1 Beaverville (Donovan Farmers)
1.2 Clifton (Hansen)
.85 Gilman (McGeeHee)
.6 Cissna Park (Reetz)
.71 Crescent City (Rosalius)
1.2 Chatsworth (Sanders)
.7 Buckley (Seggebruch)
.7 [...]

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A Wet Start To The Year

March 11, 2009

Statement as of 3:57 AM CDT on March 11, 2009
…This month and this year both off to a wet start…
After experiencing the wettest year on record just last year the Chicago area is already off to a very wet start in 2009. Here are the top five wettest starts to the year up through March [...]

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Flood Level Updates for Wednesday Morning 2009-03-11

March 11, 2009

The Flood Warning remains in effect until 200 PM CDT Wednesday for Benton…Porter…Lake…Jasper…Newton…La
Salle…will…Kendall…Kankakee…Grundy…Livingston…Iroquois…
Ford…Lee…dupage…DeKalb…Kane…Cook…Ogle…Lake…Boone…
McHenry and Winnebago counties…
Many creeks and streams across the warning area remain out of their banks and flooded and flood waters have resulted in closures of some roadways.
Water levels will slowly begin to subside on many of the smaller tributaries today…however persons traveling [...]

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Heritage FS Rain Gauge Reports for March 2009

March 9, 2009

2009-03-30
1.29 Watseka (WGFA)
.8 Gilman (McGeeHee)
.3 Cissna Park (Reetz)
.9 Crescent City (Rosalius)
.5 Chatsworth (Sanders)
.7 Buckley (Seggebruch)
.7 Earl Park (Vanderwall)
.65 Wellington (Ziebart)
2009-03-25
.17 Watseka (WGFA)
.15 Watseka (Booi)
.25 Cissna Park (Eisenmann Lawn Care)
.25 Cissna Park (Reetz Farm)
.1 Crescent City (Rosalius)
.1 Wellington (Ziebart)
2009-03-11
.74 Watseka (WGFA)
.5 Gilman (Dexter)
1.46 Cissna Park (Eisenman)
.9 Gilman (McGeHee)
.53 Crescent City (Rosalius)
.45 Chatsworth (Sanders)
1.7 Earl Park (Vanderwall)
.61 [...]

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Web Wednesday & WGFA Is Looking For Rain Gauge Reporters

March 4, 2009

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Latest Online Threats – http://www.spywareguide.com
Want Not To Do – http://www.learnwhatnottodo.com
Community Collaborative, Rain, Hail and Snow Network – http://www.cocorahs.org
As a National Weather Service reporting station, WGFA is looking for you! Please call us at 815-401-4632. Otherwise the National Weather Service is [...]

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Severe Weather Preparedness Information

March 3, 2009

Severe weather in the form of tornadoes…deadly lightning…flash floods…damaging winds…and destructive hail strike Illinois each Spring…Summer and fall…sometimes with incredible violence.
Last year Illinois had 48 tornadoes, which is close to the 30-year average of 42. Illinois ranks fifth in the nation in frequency of tornadoes per square mile. There were no fatalities but there [...]

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Tornado Safety – Severe Preparedness Week

March 3, 2009

In Illinois…most tornadoes occur from April through June…during the mid afternoon through early evening hours…but they can occur anytime of the day and any month of the year. Last year, Illinois most powerful tornado…an EF3…occurred on January
7 in Boone and McHenry counties in far northern Illinois. Illinois has an average of 42 tornadoes a year [...]

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IEMA: Prepare for Floods and Tornados

March 3, 2009

IEMA: Prepare for Floods and Tornados
As part of Severe Weather Preparedness Week (March 1-7), the Illinois Emergency Management Agency is asking Illinoisans to be prepared for floods and tornados.
IEMA spokeswoman Patti Thompson says that the chance of severe flooding is in the forecast this spring. Last year six people were killed in flood related incidents [...]

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Basic Severe Weather Tips

March 3, 2009

Severe weather time in the state is approaching, reminding residents to be prepared in the event of damaging storms in the next few months.
This week marks the Severe Weather Preparedness week, and officials are warning people what to do in case a severe weather storm comes into the area.
The city wants its residents to select [...]

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Heritage FS Rain Gauge Reports for 02/2009

February 12, 2009

02/12/2009
.7 Watseka (WGFA)
.5 Gilman (Dexter)
1.07 Chatsworth (Sanders)
.6 Earl Park (Vanderwall)
02/11/2009
.31 Watseka (WGFA)
1.0 Earl Park (Vanderwall)

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Flood Warning Statements for East Central Illinois 12/30/2008

December 30, 2008

Flood Warning Statement as of 8:43 PM CST on December 29, 2008
The Flood Warning continues for the Kankakee River at Momence.
* Until late Wednesday night…or until the warning is cancelled.
* At 745 PM Monday the stage was 5.1 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 5.0 feet.
* Forecast…the [...]

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