Winter storm moves on with record-setting snow in its wake
The early-season winter storm that pounded the Chicago area had moved on for most of the area by just before noon Sunday, but persisted in Northwest Indiana.
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The early-season winter storm that pounded the Chicago area had moved on for most of the area by just before noon Sunday, but persisted in Northwest Indiana.
A Winter Storm Watch has been issued starting Friday night for a snowstorm that could drop 10 inches or more of snow across the area this weekend.
The northern lights were visible Tuesday night across the Chicago area, illuminating the sky with brightly colorful displays due to severe solar storms.
A Winter Storm Warning remains in effect for Northwest Indiana and the northern suburbs while much of the Chicago area has been downgraded to a Winter Weather Advisory.
The Chicago area and parts of Indiana got socked with a massive and unseasonable snowfall Sunday night into Monday morning, and it was not over as the morning commute began.
Beginning shorty after 9 p.m., lightning began flashing and thunder began rolling in downtown Chicago, as pouring rain began falling off and on.
This winter outlook is influenced by the potential development of a La Niña pattern, which occurs when cooler-than-average sea surface temperatures are observed in the eastern Pacific Ocean near the equator.
Flash flooding has been reported in Kankakee County and Northwest Indiana as storms with heavy rainfall moved through the Chicago area Wednesday.
A line of fast-moving storms prompted severe thunderstorm warnings in the Chicago area and ground stops at O'Hare and Midway airports. There were also reports of storm damage.
A line of severe thunderstorms raced through the Chicago area Wednesday afternoon, downing trees, causing power outages, and forcing ground stops at O'Hare and Midway airports.
Showers and storms are expected to linger through around 3 a.m. Saturday.
Storms bringing drenching rain and flash floods were to continue in the overnight hours in Chicago.
Chicago flash flooding caused sudden road washouts, and water rescues had to be made at more than one location on the West Side.
A line of strong thunderstorms brought a tornado watch, flood watch and heavy downpours to the Chicago area Wednesday afternoon.
Heavy rain and even hail pelted the town of Paxton, Illinois, about half an hour north of Champaign.