Friday, April 30, 2010

Article from WGN Weather blog

With strong winds surface and aloft, increasing moisture and an approaching cold front all systems are go for severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes in the Chicago area and the Midwest.

Currently a line of severe thunderstorms is racing northeast from Iowa towards northwest Illinois and southwest Wisconsin at speeds approaching 70 mph. These storms have produced wind damage to trees and powerline in Iowa and dropped hail up to 1 inch in diameter.

Currently these storms pose no threat to Chicago but are targeting areas in northwest Illinois west of Rockford to Dubuque and areas in southwest Wisconsin west of Madison and Janesville to the Mississippi River.

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