Chicago weather: Severe storms move through area Thursday, leave behind damage
Weather causes Ground Stop, flight cancellations, delays at Chicago airports
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago-area weather forecast had severe weather Thursday evening, including a Tornado Warning for the far north suburbs.
Most of the Chicago area was at a Level 3 risk, with a Level 2 risk for Northwest Indiana and parts of Illinois near the Indiana border.
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A Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued for parts of Cook, Kankakee and Will counties until midnight.
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued for parts of Lake and Porter counties in Indiana until 12:45 a.m.
A Tornado Warning was issued for Lake and McHenry counties in Illinois Thursday evening but has since expired.
Several Severe Thunderstorm Warnings were issued across the Chicago area, and they have also expired.
ABC7 AccuWeather meteorologists said parts of the area had a tornado risk of 10%. The main tornado threat was along and west of Interstate 39. The main chance for severe weather was from 3 to 9 p.m.
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago has issued Overflow Action Alert due to the storms, asking Chicago-area residents limit water usage to absolute necessities.
The storms led to a Ground Stop at O'Hare and Midway airports Thursday evening, with extensive flight delays and cancellations.
The FAA also said there was a Ground Delay at O'Hare Thursday evening, following an earlier Ground Stop Thursday morning.
Chicago airport delays, cancellations as of 11 p.m. Thursday
- O'Hare: 754 cancellations, average delays of 70 minutes
- Midway: 20 cancellations, average delays of 37 minutes
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Thursday's Chicago White Sox home opener against the Toronto Blue Jays was postponed to Friday due to the weather, the team announced Wednesday.
