WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling and the WGN Weather Center staff provide daily coverage of weather in the Chicago area.

Eyecatching lightning strikes over downtown Chicago

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Photographer David Mayhew, whose work always amazes us, was busy again Thursday as storms hammered the city and put on another spectacular lightning display. For hours Thursday afternoon and evening, the deluge-generating thunderstorms generated more the 3,400 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes over ten-minute periods. Thanks for sharing these incredible photos with us, David!
--By Tom Skilling, WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist

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Photos courtesy of David Mayhew Photography