Heavy rain is in the forecast for Chicago on Friday night, but an earlier threat of severe weather has significantly diminished.A tornado watch had been in effect for most of the Chicago area until 11 p.

A tornado watch was still in effect until 11 p.m. Friday for Cook County and northern Illinois, but the severe weather mainly stayed northwest of the Chicago area thanks to a line of cool, dense air that broke the storms up.

The storm traveling east has already resulted in an evacuation order from the Harley-Davidson festival on Milwaukee's lakefront.

Storms will shift into the eastern shore counties through 10pm with damaging winds and flash flooding possible. We could get some more rainfall over the next few days which could lead to flash flooding in spots that have already seen a lot of rain.