Chicago flash flood warning and severe storms cause flooding, road closures, and flight delays

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Cook, DuPage, and Will counties, including Chicago, face flash flood warnings. Severe thunderstorms bring strong winds and heavy rain. Flights at O'Hare and Midway airports are temporarily stopped. Road closures occur due to flooding in Homewood. A new flood sensor network is launched in Chicago. The weather forecast predicts sunny days followed by a heat wave with temperatures near 90°F.
Heavy rain causes flooding and flight delays in Chicago as flash flood warnings remain active in Cook, DuPage, and Will counties.
Photo credit X : @NWSFlashFlood A Flash Flood Warning is in effect for Cook, DuPage, and Will counties until 8 p.m. Tuesday. This also includes the City of Chicago. Flood Watch remains in effect until midnight Wednesday in Cook, DuPage, Will (IL) and Lake County (IN), as stated by ABC7 Chicago and FOX 32 reports.Severe thunderstorm warnings for Newton County until 6:15 p.m., Jasper County until 6:45 p.m., and Cook County until 4 p.m., including Evanston, Skokie, Oak Park — Winds could blow as fast as 60 miles per hour.
Flood advisory for Central and north-central Cook County until 6:45 p.m., including the City of Chicago. Parts of Cook and Will counties until 5:30 p.m., with rain rates up to 3 inches/hour. Special Weather Statement for Will, SE Grundy, NW Kankakee, and SE Cook counties until 3:30 p.m. — strong storms moving at 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph and half-inch hail. Storms moved into the Chicago metro area between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. and are expected to continue over the same spots until 8 p.m, as per the report by ABC7 Chicago.
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Heavy rain from Monday plus Tuesday's storms could cause flooding issues — 1 to 2.5 inches of rain possible in Cook County at 1–2 inches per hour. Some storms produce 2 inches per hour of rain — flooding expected shortly after heavy rain starts, as reported by FOX 32.
In Homewood, the Dixie Highway viaduct at the 17800-block is closed due to flooding. Homewood police helped a driver stuck in a car on Halsted Street; the car was towed and no one was hurt.
Flights at Chicago's O'Hare and Midway airports were stopped several times on Tuesday because of storms. At first, both airports had stops until 3:15 p.m. Later, Midway's stop was extended until 4:15 p.m. and O'Hare's until 4:30 p.m. The final extensions kept flights stopped until 5:15 p.m. at Midway and 5:45 p.m. at O'Hare, as per the reports.Tonight, temperatures will go down to the upper 60s or around 70 degrees. On Wednesday and Thursday, it will be sunny with highs in the low 80s. Friday & Weekend: Heat returns — near 90°F on Friday, mid 90s on Saturday with heat index around 100°F, as mentioned in the report by FOX 32.
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A new national flood sensor network launched Monday in Chicago, giving real-time flood monitoring to city leaders, emergency responders, and residents, according to the report by ABC7 Chicago. Q1. What areas are under flash flood warning in Chicago?
Cook, DuPage, and Will counties, including the City of Chicago, have a flash flood warning until 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Q2. Why are flights delayed at O'Hare and Midway airports today?
Flights are delayed due to severe thunderstorms causing ground stops at both airports.