Planet Chicago

⚠️ Analysis of the skies of Chicagoland!

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Great blast

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@thestaggieman He’s a bum

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⚠️A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for parts of Illinois, Indiana and Iowa until 2 AM CDT; includes city of Chicago!

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⚠️A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for parts of Illinois, Indiana and Iowa until 2 AM CDT; includes city of Chicago!

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Watching the potential for very strong storms this evening. Currently looks like the window for this activity is 11pm-12am.

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A line of thunderstorms is moving eastward through Northern Illinois at 50 to 60 mph. This line is producing locally heavy rainfall and frequent lightning with the potential for strong wind gusts up to 70 mph!

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⚠️ A tornado watch has been issued for parts of Illinois and Indiana until 10 PM CDT.

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⚠️A Flash Flood Warning has been issued for mainly southern Chicago until 10 pm.

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⚠️A Severe Thunderstorm Warning continues for southern portions of Chicago, IL until 7:00 PM CDT. This storm will contain wind gusts to 70 MPH! #ilwx

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Ongoing thunderstorms will continue through mid evening with some becoming severe. #ilwx

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Ongoing thunderstorms will continue through mid evening with some becoming severe.

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Thunderstorms are starting to take shape across northern Illinois and the Chicago metro! Storms are expected to persist through at least 8 PM CDT with few possibly becoming strong to severe with gusty winds and heavy downpours as the main threats.

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Thunderstorms are expected this afternoon across the area. A general window of 12 to 8 PM through this evening is expected best timing!

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⚠️The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has determined that an Air Pollution Action Day will be declared for Wednesday July 5th for the greater Chicago Metropolitan Area through Wednesday night.

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Spotty t-storm development remains possible through ~6 PM CDT especially in the indicated area below, though storms have struggled to get going so far.

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Despite it being a holiday, the OEMC will be testing the sirens at 10:00 AM today.

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Radar estimates and rainfall reports from personal weather stations and rain gauges indicate that widespread 3-7" rainfall totals occurred across central Cook County, with some localized totals higher than 8"!

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Basement check Chicago!

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⚠️Flash Flood Warning including Chicago IL, Joliet IL and Naperville IL until 1:15 PM CDT. Check your basements Chicago!

KLOT - Super-Res Reflectivity 1 09:42 #ilwx

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⚠️Flash Flood Warning including Chicago IL, Joliet IL and Naperville IL until 1:15 PM CDT. Check your basements!