**An even more concerning severe weather outbreak is on the table for Thursday across northern Illinois**
- Thursday looks like the real deal for northern Illinois as models last night and this morning show a rather volatile environment tomorrow late morning and afternoon. Storms will likely be ongoing tomorrow morning across Iowa and these will progress east towards northern Illinois by midday. Thursday afternoon will be the start of the severe weather threats as storms evolve across northwest Illinois. All hazards will be on the table including destructive wind gusts greater than 75 mph, destructive hail potential larger than golf balls, and tornadoes, cant rule out a strong tornado. There could be a couple waves of severe weather tomorrow afternoon and evening but an organized squall line will be the main event which will move through late afternoon and evening.
- The ceiling for destructive winds and at least embedded qlcs tornadoes tomorrow are rather elevated. A tornado outbreak could occur as well across southern Wisconsin and potentially northern Illinois near the warm front. An upgrade to a moderate risk is likely in the near future for northern Illinois into southern Wisconsin.
- It will surely be a day to monitor the radar and be prepared to seek shelter indoors when storms arrive. Travel plans in and out of Chicago from 4pm-9pm will be heavily effected by storms.
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