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Regional Outbreaks of Severe Weather Through Early Next Week; Early Season Heat Wave across the South

Active spring pattern across the center of our nation with several episodes of severe weather and heavy rainfall expected into next week. The potential for very large hail, long track tornadoes, severe wind gusts, frequent cloud to ground lightning strikes and flash flooding are in the outlook. Furthermore, dangerous early season heat wave continues for the Gulf Coast states into early next week. Read More >

Overview

An increasingly unstable airmass combined with an upper-level trough to produce isolated to scattered severe thunderstorms across northeast and east-central Illinois and northwest Indiana during the late afternoon and early evening of May 9th, 2018. Sporadic wind damage was reported across 1) the western suburbs and north side of Chicago and 2) east-central Illinois into northwest Indiana.

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Radar loop from 4pm - 8pm CDT May 9th, 2018.
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