Friday night's outbreak of severe weather hit areas south and west of Chicago the hardest--but the Chicago area was swept by strong winds around midnight. The rapid development of a 45,000 ft. t-storm cell over central Cook County around midnight was accompanied by lightning and high winds. Here's a rundown of some severe weather reports received by the National Weather Service during the night:
Peak area wind gusts:
65 mph Livingston
60 mph Winnebago
60 mph Rockford
44 mph DuPage Airport
37 mph Peoria
38 mph O'Hare
36 mph Waukegan
33 mph Aurora
33mph Wheeling
Funnel cloud reports:
2W Rochelle
Woodstock
Rensselaer
Heavy rainfall:
2.25" Manhattan
1.95" 3S Earlville
1.87" Mendota
1.82" 4NNW Coal City
1.77" Peotone
1.73" ENE Peotone
1.69" 1N Mendota (fell in 90 mins)
1.28" Paw Paw
1.19" 5NW Polo
1.11" Momence
Wind damage reports:
5S Streator
Odell (Livingston Co)
