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Severe weather forecast midweek for Illinois Valley · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Severe weather forecast midweek for Illinois Valley. Written by Tom Collins.
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  This article is being read by an automated voice brought
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  to you by Everlett. Notice that your grass had been
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  dry and crunchy. The Illinois Valley has recently entered a
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  drought and needed the rains that drenched us Sunday and Monday.
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  But if the ten day forecast is correct, then we
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  could all be crying uncle by midweek. Flash flooding looks
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  like a short term concern, and county officials are warily
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  eyeing a cold front expected to bring storms into the
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  region Wednesday and Thursday. A heavy downpour Sunday into Monday
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  appears to have had no major impacts. LaSalle County Sheriff
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  Adam Diss reported no flash floods, but dis urged all
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  residents to exercise caution and light of a soggy forecast
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  to kick off the work week, it looks like it's
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  not stopping until at least Wednesday, dis said, and maybe
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  a lot longer than that. Acuweather shows at least a
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  thirty five percent chance of rain through June seventeenth, with
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  only a one day break forecast next Monday. The bigger
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  worry is a midweek risk of severe weather. LaSalle County
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  Emergency Management Agency issued an advisory for residents to tune
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  in to weather alerts on Wednesday and Thursday, when the
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  risk of severe weather hits a three on a five
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  point scale. We could get some severe weather, depending on
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  which way this storm decides to move, said Fred Moore,
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  director of LaSalle County Emergency Management Agency. Specifically, the key
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  slots to watch are Tuesday night and early Wednesday, which
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  could bring strong thunderstorms and wind gusts, and then Wednesday
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  night and into early Thursday, when a squall line will
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  pass through and make its presence felt. It's a very
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  active week from a weather perspective, said David King, a
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  meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Romoville. King urged
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  residents to watch for updates. More further recommended keeping smartphones
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  charged and weather radios handy. Don't rely on listening for
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  tornado sirens with the air conditioning going, more cautioned. Ideally
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  the severe weather won't come to pass, but the rain
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  will keep coming, though hopefully less torrentially than it did
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  at times Sunday and Monday. David Easerman, president of the
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  LaSalle County Farm Bureau said the region had recently entered
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  a moderate drought, and the weekend rains were welcome, indeed
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  very nearly when needed. Ierman said farmers had enjoyed two
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  weeks of dry, sunny days day to complete spring planting.
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  It was good for making hay, he said, and then
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  came a good soaking. Iierman farms in rural Streeter, where
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  he recorded three and a half inches in the past
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  three days. This rain is coming at a really good time,
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  he allowed. The only thing is a lot of it
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  is running off because it was coming in too fast. Slower,
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  lighter storms would be welcome because the Illinois Valley remains,
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  according to a June fourth update of the US Drought Monitor,
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  in a moderate drought. It's a good bet the Thursday
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  update will show improvement across northern Illinois. Prolonged rains could
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  cause problems along the Fox and Illinois Rivers, but as
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  of Monday, there were no short term worries. The Illinois
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  River at Starved Rock Lock and Dam stood six feet
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  below flood stage. The Fox River at Dayton stood about
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  five feet below flood stage. Neither was projected to enter
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  flood stage, but recent years have seen such forecasts revised
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  abruptly and to significant levels.