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Flash flood warning in effect for Will and Cook Counties

The flash flood warning will remain in effect until 8:30 a.m., the weather service said.

By  Sun-Times Wire
   
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Several brief tornadoes were reported as severe thunderstorms with damaging hail hit the Chicago area late Monday, according to the National Weather Service.

Four to five inches or rainfall have been measured overnight in Will and Cook Counties, according to the National Weather Service.

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Flash flooding has already occurred in some south suburban creeks, roadways and underpasses and is expected to continue over the next several hours, according to the National Weather Service.

About 3:50 a.m. Thursday the weather service issued at flash flood warning for East and Central Will County as well as Southeastern Cook County.

Persons near streams and creeks or in flood prone areas should move to higher ground immediately, the weather service said.

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The warning lasts until 8:30 a.m., the weather service said.

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