Damage report from lake breeze storms

Thunderstorms that developed Wednesday afternoon (6/24/09) along a lake breeze front produced damaging winds across the southern half of Cook county.

At Midway Airport, fence and light damage occured on the southeast side of the airfield.  A Southwest Airlines cargo hanger also sustained some wind damage.  In Burbank, two people suffered minor injuries when winds toppled a dugout.  Trees were reported down in Cicero, Burbank, and on the south side of Chicago. 

Some of the top wind gusts include:

63mph   Midway Airport at 1:38PM

58mph   Sauk Village, IL at 1:53PM

55mph   Burbank, IL at 1:56PM

49mph   Chicago Heights, IL at 2:00PM

For a complete recap of this afternoon's storms, check out the WGN Severe Weather Blog at the link below. 

http://weblogs.wgntv.com/chicago-weather/severe-weather/