Severe weather is possible Saturday for the Chicago area with temperatures reaching a record high and storms forecasted for the evening.
An AccuWeather Alert has been issued for Saturday.
The record-high temperature for June 22 is 97 degrees. Temperatures are expected to reach a high of 96 Saturday, ABC7 Meteorologist Larry Mowry said.
A line of storms is expected to move in from the northwest and then move southwest through the Chicago area between 7 p.m. and midnight, Mowry said.
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The main threat with the storms will be high and damaging wind gusts.
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