Chicago Storms

A system with a history of producing severe thunderstorms crawled its way across the Chicago area on Tuesday afternoon, packing gusty winds and causing a series of watches and warnings bfore exiting the region.

Warm and humid conditions will prevail Tuesday afternoon and night. NBC 5 Meteorologist Paul Deanno updates your forecast.

Video shows what looks like waterspouts forming over the Chicago River Monday afternoon. NBC 5 Meteorologist Iisha Scott, however, says it’s technically not a waterspout.

Scattered showers, heavy downpours and possible thunderstorms are expected to start off the weekend in the area, all the while colliding with the return of Chicago’s Air and Water Show.

Brant Miller

After a day of mid-80 degree temperatures and the warmest weather in more than a week, scattered showers, heavy downpours and possible thunderstorms are on tap this weekend. According to the Storm Prediction Center, most of Illinois, including the greater Chicago area, and Indiana are under a “marginal” risk of severe weather Saturday, with the greatest coverage of storms expected…

A storm system will bring increased rain chances as soon as Friday night. NBC 5 Meteorologist Paul Deanno updates your forecast.

The National Weather Service is sending a team of storm surveyors to several Chicago suburbs to help determine if a tornado did indeed touch down during Monday’s severe weather.

Photos and videos from across the Chicago area show damage to residential buildings, neighborhoods and yards, leaving some unable to return to their homes due dangerous debris from the severe weather. In Bellwood, things turned even more scary as the roof blew off an apartment building. Lisa Chavarria has more.

Powerful storms with 85 mile-per-hour winds, tornado-like conditions and hail ripped through the Chicago area Monday, leaving flash flooding, downed trees and powerlines, and residential damage in its path as it blew from west to east, traveling from Elgin to Lake Michigan.

A number of residents at a Bellwood apartment building were displaced Monday after a fierce storm rolled through, tearing off its roof. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.

Ferocious storms packing winds of more than 80 miles per hour downed trees in numerous communities and tore the roof off a suburban apartment building as they ripped through Monday evening. Winds blew over numerous trees, made travel nearly impossible for a time for tens of thousands and resulted in power outages affecting around 70,000 ComEd customers. The storm was…

After a warm and sunny Memorial Day, the Chicago area could be in for a stormy Tuesday evening, with the threat of damaging winds and hail possible as some storms could become strong to severe.

Alicia Roman has the details

With all of the hot and humid air lingering around the Chicago area this week, thunderstorms could potentially fire up in the afternoon hours on Friday, but don’t go canceling your evening plans just yet.

With all of the hot and humid air lingering around the Chicago area this week, thunderstorms could potentially fire up in the afternoon hours on Friday, but don’t go canceling your evening plans just yet. Brant Miller explains why.

From downed trees to blown off roofs, several instances of damage were reported Saturday evening following storms that moved through portions of the Chicago area.

A cold front moving toward the Chicago area is generating showers and thunderstorms, with severe weather and damaging winds also possible due to the unsettled weather pattern.

With a winter storm warning and a winter weather advisory in effect for parts of the Chicago area Friday, heavy lake effect snow was hitting Chicago and some suburbs hard.

A winter weather advisory is in effect for all Chicago-area counties throughout Monday morning and into the afternoon as a second round of snow makes it way through.