Flood Watch issued for most of Chicagoland until 7 p.m. Saturday. Heavy rain is possible tonight and tomorrow. 3:18 p.m. - Flood Warning issued for DuPage, Cook Counties until 5:30 p.m.Ground delays issued at O'Hare, Midway airports due to storms. Average delay is 75 minutes, according to the FAA.

Funnel clouds were reported Friday morning in Illinois and there was a Flood Warning for parts of the Chicago area into the evening.

A flood watch is in effect as a threat of severe storms is expected by the afternoon for the Chicago area. Torrential downpours could bring rain rates of one to two inches per hour. Some cells may follow one another, increasing a localized flash flood threat.

The NWS issued a flash flood warning for Chicago and surrounding areas, urging 600,000 residents to ‘take immediate precautions to protect life and property’

The Chicago area has felt less of an impact from the Trump administration’s National Weather Service cuts than offices in the Quad Cities and downstate Lincoln.

SkyCam9 is in touring widespread flooding in the Chicago area. LIVE UPDATES: 3:21 p.m. Residents and businesses of the city’s Mount Greenwood neighborhood on the Far Southwest Side are experiencing low water pressure and outages due to an electrical issue. Full story and updates here 3:07 p.m. SkyCam9 was over the scene of flooding 47th […]

While some storms will start impacting the region this evening, rainfall is likely to intensify overnight. With humidity remaining at very high levels, any precipitation could quickly turn to torrential rainfall.