Severe Storms Damaged Neighborhoods, Branches Fell On Vehicles
Residents in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood say rain picked up as the storm rolled through on Wednesday night.
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Residents in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood say rain picked up as the storm rolled through on Wednesday night.
The storms were so powerful Wednesday they ripped at least part of a roof off an apartment building in Bronzeville, leaving hundreds homeless.
According to ComEd, severe thunderstorms are causing outages throughout northern Illinois.
Severe thunderstorms are hitting counties all across Illinois.
The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Northeastern Ogle County, Northwestern DeKalb County, Southwestern Boone County until 7:15 pm.
Many areas in the north suburbs remained flooded Thursday morning, and rivers were still rising, leaving businesses and homeowners on alert.
The storm lasted only about 30 minutes, but toppled dozens of trees, uprooting portions of a sidewalk and damaging a playground.
The storms will be capable of producing rainfall rates up to 2 inches per hour and could cause localized flash flooding, the weather service said.
A mild and sunny start to the day on Wednesday will give way to a strong fall storm that will bring damaging winds to most of Illinois.
Severe weather left its mark on the Chicago area Friday night, from flooding to a tornado that touched down in southwest suburban Frankfort, and efforts to clean up and recuperate from the damage continued Saturday morning.
Steven Nincic, 35, was taking shelter from a thunderstorm inside a large canvas tent at Prairie Fest on Sunday, when a strong gust of wind caused the tent to collapse, killing Nincic.
Severe storms swept through the Chicago area Sunday afternoon and evening, leaving a path of destruction in its wake.
The Lollapalooza music festival in Grant Park is suspended as the area is under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning.
The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Watch for the Chicago area until 11 p.m.
A fast-moving line of storms that brought heavy rain and high winds to the Chicago area Monday morning was likely just the first taste of severe weather for northern Illinois and northwestern Indiana.
While high winds prompted extensive delays on several Metra train lines, the National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the Chicago area and surrounding counties Monday morning.
With several areas south and west of Chicago only starting the recovery process after nine tornadoes touched down during Monday night's storms, more severe weather was expected to hit the area Wednesday night and early Thursday.
More bad weather on Wednesday could hamper recovery efforts in Coal City, which was hit by an EF-3 tornado Monday night. It was the most powerful tornado to hit the Chicago metropolitan area in nearly 25 years.
National Weather Service crews were headed out Tuesday to try to confirm reports of up to six tornados touching down Monday in Grundy, LaSalle, Lee, and Will counties, including three already confirmed in Ottawa, Sublette, and Coal City.
The first full day of summer will be a steamy and stormy one for the Chicago area, with temperatures nearing 90 degrees, and an increasing risk of severe thunderstorms from midday through the evening.
A tornado touched down in a rural area of Will County on Monday evening as a powerful round of thunderstorms brought heavy rain and flooded streets to the Chicago area.
Friday will be warm and muggy, with temperatures reaching the low 80s, and spotty showers and storms firing up in the afternoon. Then, as a cold front moves in overnight, more organized storms will move in from the west. Skies should clear Saturday morning, but cooler temperatures will dominate over the weekend.
While the day started out dry, remnants of storms that slammed Houston were moving in Chicago's direction, and is still strong enough that the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center said there is a chance of severe weather for much of northern Illinois, and all of Indiana.
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