Hurricane-force winds were also reported in parts of the area. Wind gusts topped out at 81 mph in Valparaiso, Indiana, 75 mph ...

It’s unclear if any tornadoes touched down in the Chicago metro ... 4 degrees — a change of 58 degrees in 27 minutes. “In downtown Rapid City, the temperature had warmed to 5 degrees ...

Straight-line winds — not a tornado or microburst — are the likely cause of the damage done to the roof of First United Methodist Church in Elgin by a storm that moved through the area Friday ...

As a wild storm tracks over the Chicago area, weather conditions flipped from a severe thunderstorm and torrential downpour ...

Multiple Tornado Warnings and Severe Thunderstorm ... of people planning to line Columbus Drive for the 70th annual downtown Chicago St. Patrick's Day Parade and for the dyeing of the Chicago ...

(Chicago Tribune historical photo ... Walnut and 13th Streets in downtown Murphysboro, Illinois, after the Tri-State Tornado tore through Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri in March 1925.

Multiple rounds of thunderstorms are expected on Wednesday in Chicago, with the possibility of severe conditions at night.

Many across the Chicago area Wednesday woke up to stormy weather with rain, thunder and more as the first of multiple rounds of showers and storms pushed through much of Illinois and northwest Indiana ...

National Weather Service officials are expecting Wednesday waves of showers and thunderstorms to hit the Chicago area capable of producing damaging winds and large hail and possibly tornadoes.

The same storm bringing the risk of severe weather and even a couple of tornadoes to the vast Chicago metro area into ... Most roads downtown are likely to be wet as the snow falls.