Chicago, Milwaukee among cities threatened by storms packing strong tornadoes, hurricane-force wind gusts

CHICAGO – A weeklong severe weather menace continues connected Thursday arsenic millions of radical successful large Midwest cities similar Chicago and Milwaukee brace for almighty storms that could battalion very ample hail, hurricane-force wind gusts and beardown tornadoes.

This renewed menace comes aft an eerie lull successful extreme weather during a period that is usually packed with reports of beardown to terrible thunderstorms and tornadoes.

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Forecasters person been tracking the anticipation of a multiday terrible upwind lawsuit since the weekend, and tempest chances successful cities from the Plains done the Midwest and into the Ohio Valley person been increasing ever since.

More than 87 cardinal radical from the Upper Midwest to the mid-Atlantic volition beryllium astatine hazard of terrible upwind connected Thursday. However, chances are higher crossed portions of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.

NOAA's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has placed much than 20 cardinal radical successful that portion nether a Level 3 hazard connected its 5-point terrible thunderstorm hazard scale.

This includes cities specified arsenic Chicago, Madison and Milwaukee successful Wisconsin, St. Paul successful Minnesota and Fort Wayne successful Indiana.

Elsewhere, astir 33 cardinal radical successful cities similar Minneapolis, Detroit and Indianapolis person been placed successful a Level 2 retired of 5 threat.

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The FOX Forecast Center said that up of a cold front, heavy moisture from the Gulf and mean instability successful the atmosphere volition springiness mode to terrible thunderstorms processing during the day hours.

Some of those thunderstorms volition apt beryllium supercells, and eventually, a breached enactment of storms volition make by mid-afternoon and determination northeastward done the Chicago and Milwaukee metro areas.

The much aggravated storms volition person hail larger than 2 inches, and fixed the magnitude of rotation successful the atmosphere, conditions volition beryllium favorable to enactment tornadoes, immoderate of which could beryllium beardown (EF-2 oregon higher).

Severe upwind is past expected to expanse into Michigan, and storms volition beryllium susceptible of producing upwind gusts higher than 75 mph, on with precise ample hail.

Elsewhere successful the Ohio Valley, terrible thunderstorms volition beryllium overmuch much scattered successful nature.