Storms race through Chicago area
A line of storms moved through the Chicago area this evening, bringing heavy rain, hail, and wind gusts over 60 m.p.h., signaling the beginning of the end of the recent heat wave.
The storms caused delays at Chicago’s two airports and at their height had knocked out power to about 15,000 Commonwealth Edison customers.
The system moved rapidly from west to east ahead of a cold front, prompting storm and flood warnings in DeKalb and Kane Counties, National Weather Service meteorologist Casey Sullivan said. Wind gusts of up to 60 m.p.h. were reported in Sugar Grove, along with frequent lightning, penny-size hail and torrential downpours, he said.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-070710weatherjul10,1,2328308.story?coll=chi-news-hed
It was a wild storm - I pulled over under a viaduct for about 20 minutes til it lightened up a bit. Gave up on the drive home and parked myself at a coffee shop for a while. The streets were flooding within about 5 minutes, the downpours were so massive.
Thanks for the info. Perhaps the Chicago delay was legit then?
Here in New York, there have been no storms...weatherman on news channel even looked incredulous and remarked that all three airports were closed due to the weather...he looked around and said, “weather?” Now being told that 3 airports were closed due to bad weather south of NY...