Severe Thunderstorms

High winds downed trees and power lines while hail pelted buildings, homes and cars as a fast-moving line of severe thunderstorms roared through the Chicago area Tuesday, bringing wind gusts in excess of 70 miles per hour, tennis ball-sized hail, and power outages that impacted thousands of area residents.

A fast-moving line of severe thunderstorms roared through the Chicago area Tuesday, bringing wind gusts in excess of 70 miles per hour, tennis ball-sized hail, and power outages that impacted thousands of area residents. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez has the story.

A fast-moving line of severe thunderstorms roared through the Chicago area Tuesday, bringing wind gusts in excess of 70 miles per hour, tennis ball-sized hail, and power outages that impacted thousands of area residents.

One person is dead and three other people were rescued after a tree fell on a mobile home in Rockford during a severe weather outbreak on Wednesday morning. According to the National Weather Service, 911 dispatchers received a call at approximately 10:08 a.m. Wednesday of a tree falling onto a home in the 2500 block of South Main Street during…

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Here is the latest forecast from NBC 5 Chief Storm Team Meteorologist Brant Miller.

The Chicago area could see an outbreak of severe weather late Wednesday and into Thursday morning, with wind gusts in excess of 75 miles per hour possible as a storm system is expected to sweep into the region.

The National Weather Service is warning that showers and thunderstorms could hit already saturated areas in Illinois and Indiana on Tuesday, leading to concerns of severe weather and flash flooding. According to a hazardous weather outlook issued by the service, damaging winds of up to 60 miles per hour could occur as storms develop, with most of the showers and…

Drier weather will move into the Chicago area later this week. NBC 5 Meteorologist Paul Deanno updates your forecast.