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LIVE | Severe weather strikes Chicagoland: Tornadoes and flooding possible

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LIVE | Severe weather strikes Chicagoland: Tornadoes and flooding possible

The entire Chicago area and northwest Indiana are under threat of severe weather today with the possibility of tornadoes, hail and toppling winds.

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Kaitlin Cody
Mike Caplan
7 updates
38 minutes ago FOX 32 Chicago

Severe weather risk shifts south

Kaitlin Cody
50 minutes ago Kaitlin Cody

Latest severe weather forecast: Tornado Watch in effect

1 hour 3 min ago FOX 32 Chicago

ComEd activates Command Center ahead of severe weather

1 hour 53 min ago FOX 32 Chicago

Grundy and LaSalle counties under Tornado Watch

2 hours 28 min ago FOX 32 Chicago

Ground stop issued at O'Hare Airport

2 hours 44 min ago FOX 32 Chicago

Strong non-thunderstorm winds sweep across northern Illinois, NWS warns

Mike Caplan
2 hours 57 min ago Mike Caplan

Tornado Watch issued for central Illinois

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