CHICAGO – All eyes were on Chicagoland as severe weather, including multiple tornadoes, barreled through the area on Monday night.
LIVE Alerts
- Multiple tornadoes across the Chicagoland area were confirmed tonight. Reports say that both O’Hare and Midway experienced a tornado at the exact same time, which had never occurred before.
- TORNADO WARNING for LaPorte County in Indiana until 11 p.m.
- TORNADO WARNING for Porter County in Indiana until 10:45 p.m.
- TORNADO WARNING for Lake, Jasper and Newton counties in Indiana until 10:45 p.m.
- TORNADO WARNING for Kankakee and Lake counties until 10:15 p.m.
- TORNADO WARNING for Cook (including Chicago), DuPage and Lake counties until 10 p.m.
- TORNADO WARNING for DuPage and Lake (IL) counties until 10 p.m.
- TORNADO WARNING for Cook, Will, Kendall and Grundy counties until 10 p.m.
- TORNADO WARNING for Will and Kendall counties until 9:45 p.m.
- Confirmed TORNADO on the ground near Sugar Grove, IL
- TORNADO WARNING for Kane and DuPage counties until 9:30 p.m.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Kendall, LaSalle, Grundy and Livingston counties until 9:45 p.m.
- Flash Flood Warning for Lake County, IL
- TORNADO WARNING for Kane and McHenry counties until 9:15 p.m.
- Ground stop at O’Hare Airport until 9:30 p.m.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Kane, Kendall and LaSalle counties until 9:15 p.m.
- UPNW inbound and outbound trains are stopped near Woodstock due to high wind warnings. The duration of this delay is unknown. Metra will update as information becomes available.
- TORNADO WARNING for DeKalb County until 8:45 p.m.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning for DeKalb, Kane and McHenry counties until 9:15 p.m.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Lake County, Illinois, until 8:30 p.m.
In contrast, Tuesday promises a significant respite from the severe conditions, with partly cloudy skies and temperatures rising to the mid-80s. Cooler weather is set to follow by midweek, with highs likely reaching the upper 70s to near 80 degrees by Wednesday.
The tranquil weather is expected to continue through the end of the weekend. Forecasts indicate a sunny and pleasant weekend ahead, with highs in the lower 80s.
The severe weather threat on Monday comes after a stormy weekend across the Midwest, including the Chicago area. The FOX Forecast Center said that 3,200 lightning strikes were recorded from 10 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. on Sunday as the severe storms passed through.
Damage was reported in several communities after the severe weather Sunday night, including a roof that was blown off a home in Maple Park and several trees and large branches that were knocked down in Chicago.
Thousands of people were left without power after the storm, and officials say damage was reported at the Rock and Roll Museum in town. In addition, the roof of a building there was torn off and landed in the middle of a road.