More than two inches of rain slammed downtown Arlington Heights in less than an hour Wednesday night, prompting flash flooding on Campbell Street that forced Mago Grill & Cantina customers to rush out the door, as stormwater poured in the front lobby of the adjacent Metropolis Performing Arts Centre.
Police said the flash floods also led to several drivers in town abandoning their disabled vehicles in heavily flooded areas, including at Northwest Highway and Chestnut Street, Thomas Street and Kennicott Road, and Tonne and Algonquin Roads.
“The center of town got hit really hard, with the streets filling up because the rain was coming down so fast,” said Steve Mullany, an employee of the village’s public works department, who was dispatched late Wednesday to assess the flooding in the village’s downtown.
“The sewer across the street was shooting water out, rising about four feet in the air,” said Malena Lopez, a manager’s assistant at Mago, which was forced to close early. “As the stormwater started to grow, it came through the front lobby, about up to my ankles. We just had to let people leave without paying.”
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