Event narrative (NOAA)
Flooding was reported at the following locations, First Avenue west of Berwyn; Palatine Road in Wheeling; North Avenue at Interstate 290 in Elmhurst; Interstate 90 near O'Hare Airport; Touhy Avenue near Mt. Prospect was impassible; Interstate 94 at Pratt, and along Weller Creek at Elmhurst Road. Wilke Road between Kirchoff and Central was flooded in Arlington Heights. Several feet of water was reported covering some taxiways and gate areas at O'Hare Airport. Standing water was reported in streets and in fields in Evanston. Park Boulevard was under water with a stalled car near Streamwood, and Popular Creek flooded fields. In Northbrook, an overflowing stream flooded Green Park. There were close to 200 reports of basement flooding in Chicago, along with a few flooded viaducts. Over 5
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.