A flood watch has also been issued through Friday morning for most of the Chicago area — including all of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake and McHenry counties and northern Will County. A weather alert is also in place for Friday and Saturday for several rounds of storms that could become severe and produce flash flooding in the area.

Your instincts are sharp, though you might second-guess them just because others move with more certainty. Mind you, that doesn’t make them right.