Flash Flood Warning for Des Plaines, Northern Illinois

A flood watch is in effect for Cook County, including Des Plaines, and other areas in northern Illinois from Wednesday afternoon to early Friday morning, the National Weather Service stated.

The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning on Wednesday as well.

Several showers and thunderstorms are expected to pass through the area, according to the announcement, and there is the potential for heavy rainfall until late Thursday night.

Compounding the concern over flooding, rainfall in the past two weeks moistened soils and caused significant rises in river levels across much of northern Illinois and northwest Indiana, the National Weather Service stated.

“Additional heavy rainfall over the next few days will likely result in areas of flooding,” according to the National Weather Service’s announcement about the flood watch.

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