Chicago Storms Ground O'Hare and Midway as 4 to 7 Inches of Rain Threaten
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Updated · CBS New York · Aug 9
Chicago Storms Ground O'Hare and Midway as 4 to 7 Inches of Rain Threaten
3 articles · Updated · CBS New York · Aug 9
Summary
Ground stops hit both Chicago airports Sunday afternoon—O'Hare until 2:15 p.m. and Midway until 2:30 p.m.—as severe thunderstorms moved into the city, with O'Hare departures averaging about an hour late and rising.
Warnings covered northern Cook County, including Chicago from the Loop north, plus parts of DuPage, Kane, Kendall and Will counties after a storm line pushed in from Wisconsin at about 30 mph.
ComEd reported 77 active outages affecting 6,466 customers around 2 p.m. as heavy rain, lightning and thunder swept across downtown Chicago.
A second round of storms is expected Sunday night, with forecasters warning that training downpours, possible supercells and a tornado threat could bring flash flooding and a worst-case 4 to 7 inches of rain.