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Midwest, Central Plains will see days of rain, flood threat
The Weather Channel • • nation
Key Points:
- An elevated threat of flash flooding is expected across the Midwest, particularly in areas already saturated by recent heavy rainfall, including Chicago, parts of Indiana, and Ohio.
- Local flash flooding is possible in major cities such as Milwaukee, Chicago, and Indianapolis due to ongoing rain and saturated ground conditions.
- The heavy rain threat may continue on Sunday, spreading from northern Illinois through northern Indiana and western Ohio into parts of the Northeast, maintaining the flood risk from Chicago to Columbus.
- The most concerning corridor for flooding stretches from eastern Iowa through northern Illinois, northern Indiana, and western Ohio, where repeated heavy rains could cause flash and river flooding.
- The flooding is driven by persistent rain and storms circulating around a heat dome in the Southeast, which slows weather fronts and causes repeated rainfall over the same Midwest areas through the weekend.
