The Chicago area Wednesday again found itself dealing with severe weather.
A storm along the Interstate 39 corridor near Mendota Wednesday morning was projected to head toward the Chicago metro area, which is under a severe thunderstorm watch until early afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.
This storm is likely to produce wind damage, the weather service said. But another severe weather threat is likely to occur in the evening, between 7 and 10 p.m., according to meteorologist Eric Lenning.
“Right now we have some very strong storms coming toward Chicago. … So that’s the immediate concern,” Lenning said. “Three days in a row now.”
Around 9 a.m. Wednesday, 70 mph gusts were also traveling through northern LaSalle County toward Aurora, Oswego, Montgomery and surrounding areas, which was under a thunderstorm warning until 10:30 a.m.
Overnight storms from Tuesday into Wednesday brought .38 inches of rain reported at O’Hare and 1.08 inches of rain reported at Midway, Lenning said. Some areas saw more or less rain due to a lot of variety.
The main concern was power outages caused by downed trees and power lines, Lenning said.
Wednesday morning, Commonwealth Edison reported that there were still about 230 power outages that affected about 5,600 people, or less than 5% of its customers, in Chicago, according to its outage map. Countywide there were about 830 power outages that affected about 27,800 people, out of about 2,370,000 customers.
Statewide there were about 2,100 outages, affecting 89,720 people, or about 2% of ComEd’s 4 million customers, according to its outage map.
There were no tornado touchdowns in Chicagoland, Lenning said. But the weather service reported seven known touchdowns in the state; some of the tornadoes and storms caused noteworthy tree and structural damage in Ogle, DeKalb and Kane counties.
Chicago is still under a heat advisory, Lenning said. But the effects of it were possibly subdued due to the storms.
Chicago’s warm and humid weather is expected to continue into Friday, then the weekend may get a cool and dry break, the weather service said. Temperatures for Wednesday and Thursday during the day were both expected to be in the high 80s to low 90s with temperatures dropping to the 60s and 70s in the evening.
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