The Chicago area Wednesday will see two rounds of storms, starting with heavy downpours during the morning commute and severe weather chances by afternoon.
By about 8 a.m., light showers were expected to hit Chicago, with heavy rain behind it. “Torrential” rain was possible in the morning and throughout the day, NBC 5 Storm Team meteorologist Alicia Roman said, with all parts of northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana under a flood risk.
As of 7 a.m., Live Doppler 5 radar showed rain creeping into the northwest parts of Illinois, with more to come. Use the map below to track the rain as it comes to your area.
By about 2 p.m., a second round of storms that could be “potentially more dangerous” will move in, the National Weather Service said, ” with all weather hazards possible and the entire Chicago area under threat of severe weather.
Those hazards include intense tornadoes, destructive winds up to 80 mph and golf ball-sized hail.
Where the greatest risk of severe weather will be
The Storm Prediction Center has placed the entire Chicago area under some threat of severe weather Wednesday, with counties to the south, central Illinois and parts of northwest Indiana at the highest risk of the most destructive storms with potentially intense tornadoes.
“Gusty, damaging, maybe even destructive winds of up to 75-80 mph, large golf ball sized hail, strong tornadoes” Roman said.
There still look to be two time windows for severe weather threat today, with the second round in the afternoon and evening remaining the most concerning, though confidence in that second round is a bit lower than it was yesterday. pic.twitter.com/jyW2CfyCf5
— NWS Chicago (@NWSChicago) June 17, 2026According to the SPC, parts of Will, Kankakee, LaSalle, Grundy and Kendall Counties in Illinois; and parts of Newton, Jasper, Lake and Porter Counties in Indiana were under at an “enhanced” risk of severe weather, which ranks as level four.
Chicago and much of Cook County will be at a “moderate” risk of severe weather, which ranks as level three of five. Counties to the north will see a “slight” risk, or level two.
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