Flash Flood Watch

...MORE HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT... .A STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL LIFT NORTH AS A WARM FRONT LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL ALSO APPROACH THE REGION ON FRIDAY WHICH WILL INCREASE THE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY MORNING. THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY NIGHT AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT DUE TO INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WITH THE NORTHWARD ADVANCE OF THE WARM FRONT. MANY AREAS ARE SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS... AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN ON FRIDAY MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS AND INDIANA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ILLINOIS...BOONE...COOK...DE KALB...DUPAGE...FORD... GRUNDY...IROQUOIS...KANE...KANKAKEE...KENDALL...LA SALLE... LAKE IL...LEE...LIVINGSTON...MCHENRY...OGLE...WILL AND WINNEBAGO. IN INDIANA...BENTON...JASPER...LAKE IN...NEWTON AND PORTER. * FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING * RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS GENERALLY EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR. LOCALLY HIGHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. MANY AREAS ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA RECEIVED BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL ON THURSDAY...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN ON FRIDAY MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.