Flash flood warnings, watches in effect across Chicago area
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Chicago residents are cleaning up after strong storms with hard rains caused flash flooding Friday, especially on the South Side.
Some families in the southwest suburbs were dealing with the aftermath of flash flooding after severe storms and heavy downpours on Friday.
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.
Incoming showers and storms from the east by afternoon were expected to bring relief from the sweltering heat wave, the NBC 5 Storm Team said.
Damaging winds, hail, and flash flooding will stretch from the Plains to the Northeast through the weekend and into next week as stormy conditions persist.