Storms are prompting severe weather alerts in parts of the Chicago area Wednesday afternoon.
A warning in DeKalb County is in effect until 4:45 p.m.These are hail-producing storms, with almost 1-inch hail reported in some locations, ABC7 Chicago meteorologist Larry Mowry said.
A warm front moving north is creating a big temperature spread Wednesday. At one point, it was 48 in Waukegan and 72 in Joliet.More storms are expected to move out of Iowa Wednesday night, and could move into northern Illinois Thursday morning.The main concern would be wind and hail, but a tornado risk cannot be ruled out.
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