Flood Watch: Chicago climate forecast contains heavy rain as we speak; storms affect Chicago flights at O’Hare, Midway | LIVE RADAR

CHICAGO (WLS) — Hundreds of flights have been canceled at Chicago’s airports as storms moved via components of the world on Saturday morning, and extra rainfall is on the best way.

ABC7 meteorologists issued an AccuWeather Alert for potential flooding on Saturday. The south suburbs and northwest Indiana are additionally beneath a Level 1 danger for extreme climate.

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Heavy rain hit components of the Chicago space within the morning hours, however ABC7 AccuWeather Meteorologist Jaisol Martinez mentioned the danger for flooding had lowered considerably by 9:30 a.m.

A Flood Watch is in impact for Lake (IL), DeKalb, Kane, DuPage, Kendall, Cook, Will, Lake (IN), and Porter counties from 4 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

Boone and McHenry counties are beneath a Flood Watch from 3:40 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

LaPorte, Starke, and Berrien counties are beneath a Flood Watch from 3:30 a.m. Saturday till 8 a.m. Sunday.

Wisconsin’s Racine, Kenosha, and Walworth counties are beneath a Flood Watch from 4 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday.

A Flood Advisory is in impact for Lake and McHenry counties till 9 a.m. Saturday. Areas in counties have been seeing important rainfall within the early morning hours.

ABC7 AccuWeather Meteorologist mentioned some areas might see 2-4 inches of rain inside a brief time frame.

The first spherical of rain started falling early Saturday morning and will final till midday.

Storms producing thunder and lightning have brought about journey delays for some, based on the Federal Aviation Administration and the FlyChicago web site.

At one level, there have been Ground Stops resulting from thunderstorms at Chicago Midway International Airport and Chicago O’Hare International Airport.

As of 11:52 a.m., 340 flights have been canceled at O’Hare with delays averaging 104 minutes, and 71 flights have been canceled at Midway with delays averaging 23 minutes.

Stray showers are doable between midday and 6 p.m. Saturday. Another spherical of heavy rain is anticipated between 6 p.m. Saturday and seven a.m. Sunday.

Light rain is forecast to linger from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. Rain might fall in the course of the Chicago Bears’ house opener, which is at midday Sunday at Soldier Field.

Scattered showers are additionally doable on Monday. It will really feel like mid-October on the primary day of fall, with highs within the low 60s, about 10 levels under common.

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