in Uptown /FzwC9AVbQ2- Jeanette Mrozinski ❤️s your right to choose. “I called into the incident center, and they said they’re seeing it citywide,” Vasquez said.Ībout 10 a.m. Andre Vasquez (40th) said he heard reports of heavy flooding across the entire city. City officials warned residents of high waves to 7 feet around midday.Īld. The National Weather Service had a Flood Advisory in effect until 1:45 p.m. “Most of the Near North Side is between 3-4 inches,” Sullivan said. Portage Park had received more than 4 inches of rain by about 11 a.m. ![]() Initial reports showed 3.35 inches of rain in Uptown, 3.35 inches of rain at Edgewater Beach and 3.64 inches in Old Irving Park, Sullivan said. The rain fell at a rate of about 2 inches per hour, Sullivan said. The day began with light rains about 7:30 a.m., with the heavy rainfall starting across the city 8-8:30 a.m., said Casey Sullivan, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. Near Diversey Bowl, courtesy of Brittany Sazonoff /kD96vy56Zr- Stephanie Lulay September 11, 2022 While the South Side also experienced heavy rain, it was spared the worst of the flooding, Yack said.Įarlier in the day, videos and photos on social media showed cars stalling under at least 2 feet of water beneath the Metra line at Ravenswood and Lawrence avenues, standing water at the Kennedy Expressway exit at Kostner Avenue, massive flooding on Western Avenue between Montrose and Lawrence and burst water pipes spewing like geysers at the intersections of Argyle Street and Wolcott Avenue in Lincoln Square and Montrose Avenue and Harding Avenue in Old Irving Park.Ī video also showed a massive water spout outside Diversey River Bowl at Diversey Parkway and Logan Boulevard - although the bowling alley remained open for operation later Sunday, with lanes undamaged, an employee said.Īs of Sunday night, residents were still reporting significant flooding near Ravenswood under the Metra Line. I decided to walk to a different train stop rather than going under that bridge to get to the Irving Park brown line □ /em0uO58vMT- Lily Lowndes September 11, 2022 “Unfortunately, when it became slow-moving and then kind of parked over the northern side of Chicago for a while, it produced several inches of rain in a short period of time. “These storms are typically able to produce very efficient rainfall rates, and this one was no exception in that regard,” Yack said. With extremely low wind, the storm stalled over the North Side, dropping close to 4 inches of rain in about two hours. The supercell developed west of the city and tracked northward, Yack said. ![]() Zach Yack, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, described the storm as a “supercell,” a type of rotating thunderstorm that dumps enormous quantities of rainfall over a relatively small area. ![]() “Where the table is floating? Water in the fridge? I’ve never had that happen before.” “I don’t remember anything like it, and I’ve been here 25 years,” Torres said. Water rose up to the produce crisper section of his refrigerator, knocked over shelves and took hours to drain, even with the assistance of a Shop-Vac. Noe Torres, of Lincoln Square, said his basement was flooded with 2-3 feet of rain. Water was so high it was flooding businesses from the street /pQdf92jFLe- D September 11, 2022 Just south of Clark and Granville about 10:30a.
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