Severe Thunderstorms

Dangerous storms brought tornado warnings and watches, along with high winds and hail across parts of the Chicago area during the afternoon rush hour Monday. Here’s what it looked like, as the storm moved from west to east.

According to FlightAware, all inbound flights being held at their origin until Monday at 7:30 p.m. Departure delays of at least 31 minutes to 45 minutes — and increasing — are expected due to thunderstorms.

Waves of showers and thunderstorms are expected across the Chicago area Saturday, bringing the potential for severe conditions and damaging winds.

Paul Deanne has the full weekend forecast for the Chicago area.

An unsettled weather pattern could potentially culminate with severe thunderstorms hitting the Chicago area on Saturday, with large sections of the region currently at a “slight” risk of potentially-damaging storms to start the weekend.

Brant Miller

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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