7:30 pm update

As of 7:30 pm, a total of 1.62″ has fallen in Carol Stream. 0.03″ fell between 8:00 this morning and 7:00 tonight. This amounted to an 11-hour break from rain. The following is a status of the flood-control structures in the area:

• Lake George (the main retention pond in Armstrong Park) is over bankfull
• Klein Creek is about 75% full
• West Branch of the DuPage River at Schick Road is almost over its banks
• Area retention ponds are largely barely full