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Heavy Rain, Flash Flooding Expected Throughout Chicagoland Area
By Ed Curran
Filed Under:Lightning, National Weather Service, severe weather, thunderstorms
CHICAGO (CBS): Heavy rain swept into the Chicagoland area on Tuesday afternoon. A flash flood warning has been issued in Cook, DuPage, Kane, and Lake Counties until 7 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.
UPDATE 4:20 PM
UPDATE 4 PM
A flash flood warning has been issued in Cook, DuPage, Kane, and Lake Counties until 7 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.
Flash Flood WARNING for Cook, DuPage, Kane, & Lake until 7pm. Up to 2" of rain has fallen in this area already with another one to two inches possible during the PM rush. @cbschicago #turnarounddon'tdrown
Flash Flood Warning: Affected Locations Include Chicago, Elgin, Arlington Heights, Evanston, Schaumburg, Palatine, Skokie, Des Plaines, Mount Prospect, Hoffman Estates, Oak Park, Glenview, Elmhurst... @cbschicago #ilwx http://www.simpleweatheralert.com/cgi-bin/weatherdetail.py?l=IL125AB5D85410.FlashFloodWarning.125AB5E46200IL.LOTFFWLOT.7d957930d7a8cb3c768f04f5ee312db9&a=2015&t=0 …
RADAR update 4:00pm. Flash Flood WARNING Cook, DuPage, Kane, & Lake counties until 7pm. Already 2 inches of rain has fallen. Another 1-2" is possible during the PM rush. @cbschicago
3:30 PM
Heavy rain is expected throughout areas along and north of I-80 throughout the afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.
Heads up! Heavy downpours coming for some of you. @cbschicago #fb https://twitter.com/nwschicago/status/1026922919476293632 …
The NWS says isolated lightning will be possible. Further south, scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms are predicted.
To give a sense of how heavy the rain is in portions of northeast IL, the Batavia cooperative observer reported 0.64" of rain in about 10 minutes as of 2:59 pm. Minor flooding has been reported in St. Charles. Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. #ilwx
Ed Curran
Ed Curran serves as a meteorologist for CBS 2 Chicago. Curran, a Chicago native, originally joined CBS 2 Chicago from WMAQ-TV, where he had served...
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