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« Understanding the Weather: Feb. 6, 2008 | Main | Wednesday's wet snow really piles up in northwest suburban Barrington »

Heavy rains provoke flooding downstate

Wednesday's storm has dumped heavy rain from Chicago’s southern suburbs to areas south. Paul Hadfield shares these shots of water surging down the spillway off Lake Decatur in the wake of all the rain. Thanks Paul!
--By Tom Skilling, WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist