Severe Storm Watch Still In Effect For Chicago Area

ILLINOIS — After several storms Tuesday night to Wednesday morning left more than a hundred thousand without power, another round of severe weather and even "a tornado or two" were possible Wednesday night into Thursday morning, the National Weather Service said.

A severe thunderstorm warning issued for northwestern Cook and DuPage counties was canceled early after the "storm weakened quickly," according to the NWS, but a severe storm watch remains in effect until 2 a.m. for most of the Chicago area.

The storm watch is for DuPage, McHenry, Cook, Grundy, Kendall, Kane, Lake and Will counties.

ComEd was also reporting more than 39,000 customers still without power as of Wednesday night.

The primary threat with Wednesday night's storms will be damaging winds, but isolated large hail and a brief tornado are also possible. Locally heavy rainfall will also be possible with these storms, the weather service said.

Soaking downpours, quarter-sized hail, winds strong enough to down small trees and large limbs as well as a "tornado or two" were possible, according to NWS.