Another round of storms could bring damaging winds, hail and tornadoes to Chicago area Wednesday
The Chicago area is at a 5% risk for tornadoes on Wednesday.
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Another round of strong storms could hit the Chicago area Wednesday afternoon.
Tuesday is expected to be cool, with clouds increasing in the afternoon hours, ABC7 Chicago AccuWeather Meteorologist Mark McGinnis said.
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An AccuWeather Alert has been issued for Wednesday, when the entire Chicago area will be under a Level 3 risk for severe weather.
Thunderstorms will be widespread and some areas impacted by damaging storms. The most intense storms will produce hurricane-force (73+ mph) gusts.
Wednesday's forecast is somewhat uncertain, but it appears that the first line of storms may pass through after midnight.
Storms on Wednesday morning could be intense to borderline severe. But they are more likely to produce heavy rain around 5:30 a.m., slowing the morning commute.
A second, stronger line of storms is expected to pass through from 2 to 8 p.m. Areas along and south of Interstate 80 are at the highest risk for severe weather.
Damaging winds and large hail are the main threats, McGinnis said. The most intense storms could produce some tornadoes.
The Chicago area is at a 5% risk for tornadoes on Wednesday, ABC7 Chicago AccuWeather Meteorologist Cheryl Scott said.
Cool and damp weather is expected to return this weekend.
This comes as hundreds of thousands of customers were without power across the Midwest on Monday, after deadly, severe weather battered the region on Sunday.
Strong storms ripped through the Chicago area on Sunday afternoon, bringing high winds and prompting tornado warnings.
Severe storms left five people dead in Indiana and Michigan.
Three children -- a 2-year-old girl, her 4-year-old brother and their 11-year-old cousin -- were killed when the car they were in was hit by a tree in Michigan, the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office said. Weather appeared to be the main contributing factor, the sheriff's office said.
In Valparaiso, Indiana, one person was killed when "severe crosswinds" blew a tractor and a trailer onto their sides, according to local authorities.
The National Weather Service said a second person was killed north of Millersburg, Indiana, when wind from a thunderstorm blew over an Amish buggy.
