Severe storms moving into the Chicago area are bringing dangerous flash flood threats on Friday afternoon. Torrential rain rates of 3 inches per hour are possible and storms are sitting in place, leading to extremely high rain totals potentially exceeding 5 inches this afternoon in parts of the city.

CHICAGO - A Flash Flood Warning was issued for some of Chicago's southern suburbs Friday afternoon amid storms. The warning is in effect parts of Cook and DuPage County, including suburbs such as Darien, Bridgeview and Justice until 2:45 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.

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