Chicago weather: Flood Watch in effect for hard-hit suburbs, NW Indiana

A Dense Fog Advisory is in effect until 9 a.m. for most of the Chicago area.

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Thursday, August 13, 2026 10:15AM
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CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Flood Watch is in effect until Friday for the southern suburbs and northwest Indiana that were already hard-hit by severe weather and tornadoes.

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A Dense Fog Advisory was also issued Thursday until 9 a.m. for Boone, DeKalb, Will, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, LaSalle, southern Cook counties.

For Indiana, Jasper, Lake, Newtown and Porter counties the Dense Fog Advisory is also in effect until 9 a.m.

ABC7 meteorologists said heavy rain is developing for Thursday afternoon and evening.

The Flood Watch is in effect through Friday at 10 a.m. for Ogle, Lee, DeKalb, La Salle, Kendall, Grundy, Kankakee, Livingston, Iroquois, Ford, northern Will; southern Will; eastern Will counties.

Also in Indiana, the Flood Watch is in effect for Jasper, Newton and Benton counties until Friday at 10 a.m.

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