Heavy Rains across Illinois Nov 22-25

After a dry stretch of weather from late summer through much of the fall, the pattern has turned decidedly wetter over the past week. One storm system brought rain to central and southeast Illinois on Monday, November 22nd, while a second stronger storm impacted the area with significant rainfall on November 24th and 25th. Some locations in drought-stricken southeast Illinois received more rain this week alone, than they have in the last 3 months combined! Many communities south of the I-70 corridor picked up in excess of 4 inches. Meanwhile, rainfall was considerably lighter further northwest across the Illinois River Valley, where less than one inch was reported. Below are rainfall graphics from Monday Nov 22nd through Thursday Nov 25th from SWOP and Cooperative weather observers, which are also viewable from this SWOP link... http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ilx/?n=swop-precip. Also check out the 4 day Rainfall Total over Southwest Illinois and Southern Illinois.

November 22-25, 2010 Rainfall (SWOP Observers)

City	County	Rainfall
Olney	Richland	4.85
Watson	Effingham	4.80
Alma	Marion	4.62
Sumner	Lawrence	4.51
Flora	Clay	4.50
Robinson 7NW	Robinson	4.45
Olney 5SW	Richland	4.43
Pana	Christian	4.27
Clay City 4SE	Clay	4.25
Birds 3W	Lawrence	4.19
Cisne	Wayne	4.12
Birds 2E	Lawrence	4.01
Oakland 7N	Douglas	3.50
Taylorville	Christian	3.50
Centralia	Marion	3.34
Shelbyville	Shelby	3.32
Mattoon	Coles	3.29
Ogden	Champaign	3.29
Trimble 1E	Crawford	3.27
Martinsville	Clark	3.26
Tuscola	Douglas	3.25
Martinsville 2NE	Clark	3.19
Westville	Vermilion	3.19
Homer 2N	Champaign	3.15
Tilton	Vermilion	3.07
Armstrong	Vermilion	3.05
Effingham	Effingham	3.00
Chatham	Sangamon	2.90
Petersburg	Menard	2.90
Hoopeston	Vermilion	2.79
Neoga	Cumberland	2.73
Greenview 3SE	Menard	2.63
Oakley	Macon	2.62
Mahomet	Champaign	2.56
Urbana	Champaign	2.46
Cisco 2NE	Piatt	2.43
Danville	Vermilion	2.35
Petersburg 8E	Menard	2.30
Mt. Zion	Macon	2.13
Clinton	DeWitt	2.13
Lincoln NWS	Logan	1.72
Bloomington	McLean	1.65
Springfield (COOP)	Sangamon	1.36
Jacksonville	Morgan	1.11
Peoria	Peoria	1.08
Mackinaw 1N	Tazewell	1.03
Eureka	Woodford	0.96
Manito 1S	Mason	0.87
Wataga	Knox	0.86
Bryant	Fulton	0.84
Morton	Tazewell	0.79
Astoria	Fulton	0.76
Galesburg	Knox	0.69
Canton	Fulton	0.60
Pekin	Tazewell	0.51
Knoxville	Knox	0.45

November 22-25, 2010 Rainfall (Cooperative Observers)

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Heavy Rains across Illinois Nov 22-25