As per reports, winter storm warnings and flood alerts have been issued for parts of the Chicago through Friday (19 January).

• A Winter Storm watch has been issued for Northwest Indiana’s Starke, LaPorte and Porter counties until 0600 hours local time on Saturday (20 January).
• A Flood Warning has been in effect for Illinois’ Will and Grundy counties through Monday (22 January) at 0145 hours local time. These counties are also under a Flash Flood Watch until Monday (22 January) at noon.
• A flash Flood Watch has been issued for an ice jam for the lower Kankakee River from near I-55 downstream to the confluence with the Illinois River, including portions of Grundy and Will counties. The watch will be in effect until further notice.
• A Flood Advisory is also in effect for the Illinois River in Ottawa and LaSalle County until further notice.