A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect until 10 a.m. for Chicago's southern suburbs with hail being the primary hazard along with damaging straight-line winds.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect until 10 a.m. for Chicago's southern suburbs with hail being the primary hazard along with damaging straight-line winds.Impacted areas include Kankakee, Grundy, LaSalle, Iroquois and Livingston counties into central Illinois. Showers and storms are advancing northward from roughly the I-80 corridor. They will continue through the morning impacting the commute. Heavy rainfall and small hail are the primary hazards this morning.
A few lingering light showers could continue later tonight. Highs today will range from around 50 degrees in our northern counties to the mid/upper 60s in the southern counties. O’Hare will likely top out close to 60 degrees. Yesterday, it hit 69 degrees at O'Hare and Midway with 70 degrees at Aurora, Joliet and Valparaiso. The lakefront and Waukegan were impacted by the cold front, as expected, which held highs to 59 degrees there.
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