Chicago weather: AccuWeather Alert for near-record heat, severe storm chance Saturday

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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.

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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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