Severe thunderstorms caused widespread flooding, downed power lines, trees falling onto houses and vehicles getting stuck in water across Lake and McHenry counties Thursday. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a severe thunderstorm warning and a tornado watch for all of the Chicagoland area on Thursday evening. Lake and McHenry counties were both under the […]
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‘Strong threat’ of tornadoes Thursday after Wednesday weather knocks down power lines and trees across Lake and McHenry counties
Forecasters are warning of a serious threat for EF-2+ tornadoes in Lake and McHenry counties Thursday after additional thunderstorms knocked down power lines and trees across the area, causing power outages Wednesday. The National Weather Service (NWS) said a strong storm system will bring a threat for two or more rounds of severe weather on […]
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Tornado watch issued for Lake, McHenry counties amid severe weather threat across Chicagoland area
The weather service has issued a tornado watch for Lake and McHenry counties as they warn about severe thunderstorms in the Chicagoland area Friday evening. The National Weather Service (NWS) on Friday issued a tornado watch for much of northeastern Illinois, including Lake and McHenry counties. The Boone, DuPage, Kane, Cook, Grundy, DeKalb, LaSalle, Kendall, […]
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Lake, McHenry counties under tornado watch amid threat of severe thunderstorms across Chicagoland
The weather service has issued a tornado watch for Lake and McHenry counties as they warn about severe thunderstorms that are possible in the Chicagoland area Thursday evening. The National Weather Service (NWS) on Thursday initially issued a tornado watch for portions of far northern Illinois, including McHenry and Winnebago counties. The weather service expanded […]
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Weather service warns of strong to severe thunderstorms possible in Chicagoland area on Thursday
The weather service says strong to severe thunderstorms are possible and could bring destructive hail and a tornado to the Chicagoland area on Thursday. The National Weather Service (NWS) on Wednesday issued a hazardous weather outlook for Lake, McHenry, Winnebago, Kane, Cook, Will, DuPage, Boone, Ogle, Lee, DeKalb, LaSalle, Kendall, Grundy, Kankakee, Livingston, Iroquois and […]
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Weather service warns about chance for severe thunderstorms in northern Illinois on Monday evening
Forecasters say severe thunderstorms are possible and could bring high winds and tornadoes to the northern Illinois area on Monday evening into Tuesday. The National Weather Service (NWS) said Sunday that a strong low-pressure system will move through the Upper Midwest on Monday. Storms are expected to enter northern Illinois on Monday night into early […]
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Severe thunderstorms could bring tornadoes, 75 mph winds to northern Illinois on Wednesday
Severe thunderstorms bringing winds up to 75 mph, large hail and tornadoes are possible in northern Illinois on Wednesday afternoon into the evening, forecasters said. The National Weather Service (NWS) said waves of storms are expected to move across the area on Wednesday. Some could be severe, especially in the afternoon. The NWS said confidence […]
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Crews working to restore power, clean up downed trees and debris after severe thunderstorms in Lake County
Crews were kept busy Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning responding to downed trees and power lines, which resulted in power outages, after severe thunderstorms in Lake County. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a severe thunderstorm warning for southern Lake County around 5:45 p.m. Tuesday. The warning said severe thunderstorms were located along a line […]
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Severe thunderstorms producing large hail moving through Lake, McHenry counties
Severe thunderstorms, producing up to 70 mph wind gusts and golf ball-sized hail, were moving through Lake and McHenry counties Tuesday evening. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a severe thunderstorm warning for eastern McHenry County around 5:15 p.m. Tuesday in effect until 6:30 p.m. A severe thunderstorm was located near Woodstock moving east at […]