Glad you are okay but this storm sounds pretty nasty. I know Chicagoland has a wind advisory for tomorrow with something like 50mph winds forecasted for the suburbs just south of the city.
I believe that it is the same storm. We had gusts over 60 in the lowlands and higher where we live. You would think that the mountains would disrupt it, but apparently the high winds caused by a large pressure and temperature differential that goes up a long way. We had some snow here as well, but it did not stick.