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Cool reprieve through Thursday
Tuesday begins a three-day period of pleasantly sunny, cool, dry weather in what has been a cloudy, chilly, record wet year. Precipitation stands at 24.17 inches so far this year, the most for that period in 143 years of Chicago weather history -- and...
Tags: Midway Airport, O'Hare International Airport, Weather Reports, Weather
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Weather Service: Yes, those were tornadoes
Tribune reporterThe storms that hit northern Illinois and northern Indiana this week spawned two confirmed tornadoes, the National Weather Service has determined. The more powerful of the two tornadoes hit 2-1/2 miles southwest of Shabbona, about 80 miles west of...Tags: Kankakee, Lee, Shabbona, Manteno, Natural Disasters
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Severe weather not widespread
It was promoted as a massive storm system with the potential to drop golf ball-size hail and produce wind gusts of up to 75 mph. Conditions were ripe for tornadoes, forecasters said. But the thunderstorms that passed through the Chicago area Wednesday...
Tags: Shabbona, Sandwich, Natural Disasters, Weather Reports, Oswego
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Less damage than expected--but still a big storm
Tribune reporterIt was promoted as a massive storm system with the potential to drop golf ball-sized hail and produce wind gusts of up to 75 mph. Conditions were ripe for tornadoes, forecasters said. But the thunderstorms that passed over the Chicago area Wednesday...Tags: Kankakee, Lee, Natural Disasters, Bradley, Weather Reports
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Thousands still without power after storms hit Chicago region
Maintenance crews restored power to tens of thousands of homes overnight after severe thunderstorms in the Chicago region brought powerful winds and reports of funnel clouds Wednesday evening. By 11:30 a.m., of the more than 78,000 customers affected by...
Tags: Millennium Park, Aurora, Natural Disasters, Air Transportation Delays, Tornadoes
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Storms scrape across Chicago area
A line of powerful thunderstorms rolled through the Chicago area Wednesday evening, forcing a temporary halt to commuter train traffic and canceling hundreds of flights in and out of Midway and O'Hare International airports. The storm system threatened...Tags: Natural Disasters, Weather Reports, Air Transportation Delays, Chicago Fire Department, Toronto Blue Jays
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Midwest, but not Northern Michigan, could see strong windstorms Wednesday
WASHINGTON (AP) — A gigantic line of powerful thunderstorms could affect one in five Americans on Wednesday as it rumbles from Iowa to Maryland packing hail, lightning and tree-toppling winds. Meteorologist are warning that the continuous line...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Washington, DC, National Weather Service, Tornadoes, Weather Warnings
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Storms head into Chicago area
Scattered rain moved into the Chicago area late this afternoon, and some of the storm cells could be strong. While the forecasts said the greatest threat of heavy rain was south and east of Chicago into northern Indiana, radar about 4:30 p.m. showed...
Tags: Weather Reports, Weather
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Flood watch as storms expected into the weekend
The threat of severe storms will increase today and tonight as a cold front and a strong jet stream approach from the west. Because downpours are expected to intensify, the Chicago area has been placed under a flash flood watch today into Saturday. The...
Tags: Droughts, Natural Disasters, O'Hare International Airport, Weather Reports, National Weather Service
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Voice of the People, May. 22
Labeling schools In the controversy over school closings, we often hear the term "failing" as a reason for closing a school. The use of this term is both degrading and insulting to the students, teachers and parents of those schools. A school is a...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Disasters and Accidents, Natural Disasters, Teachers, Karen Lewis
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Severe storms moving into Indiana... Severe thunderstorm watch #196 canceled for all Illinois counties in the Chicago Metro area
Severe thunderstorms have moved east into northwest Indiana where severe thunderstorm warnings continue until 12:45 am. However the severe thunderstorm watch #196 has been canceled for Illinois. Showers and thunderstorms will continue in the...Tags: Weather Reports, Weather, Weather Warnings
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CBS pulls 'Mike & Molly' season finale due to Oklahoma tornado
Monday's Oklahoma tornado has already affected prime time, with CBS pulling the season finale of the sitcom "Mike & Molly." Titled "Windy City," the episode uses a fictional tornado that threatens Chicago as a plot point. "[A]s a tornado descends on...
Tags: Castle (tv program), Natural Disasters, American Dad (tv program), PBS (tv network), Weather Reports
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