CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - The Chicago area is more than ready for Beryl to leave the region.
Since late Tuesday afternoon, remnants of the tropical storm have soaked the area with rain, especially south and east of Chicago.
For much of the region, the steady rain continued during the morning commute, adding to already existing puddles.
The National Weather Service’s (NWS) Flood Watch remains in effect until 1 p.m. for Central Cook, DuPage, Eastern Will, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston, Northern Cook, Northern Will, Southern Cook and Southern Will Counties in Illinois and Northwest Indiana’s Benton, Jasper, Lake Counties.
The NWS warns creeks and streams have the potential to rise out of their banks and flooding could occur in poor drainage areas.
When it is all said done this morning, an additional 1 to 2 inches of rain could fall for areas east of the I-55 corridor.
As of 9:30 a.m., based on readings from the U.S. Geological Survey, the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side has seen 3.4 inches of rain in the past 24 hours.
Here are the highest rain totals in the area:
West Pullman: 3.4 inches
Hegewisch: 1.9 inches
Alsip: 1.7 inches
Bedford Park: 1.4 inches
Westchester: 1.4 inches
Lemont: 1.2 inches
Gary, Indiana: 1.1 inches
Markham: 1.1 inches
The good news, AccuWeather says, is the rain should exit by the afternoon, with breaks of sun forecasted. We’ll reach a high temperature of 78.
The next weather challenge for the Chicago area will be extreme heat. By Friday, it will turn warmer and more humid. The apex, AccuWeather says, will be Sunday, when temps creep into the lower 90s and humidity reaches oppressive levels.
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