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CHICAGO (CBS) - Following a severe thunderstorm that prompted a series of tornado warnings across the Chicago area, were. There are numerous flood advisories, watches and warnings throughout the area, too. Chicago First Alert Weather: Hottest days of the year coming up 03:06. Waves on Lake Michigan will build through the day Thursday, so areas along the lakeshore may experience some flooding as well. 'We're also reaching out to contractors and other resources to make sure that we've got enough people on the system, so that if we start to see some impact from this weather, we're ready to get on it right away,' ComEd spokesman John Schoen said. With ice and heavy snow potentially snapping tree branches and knocking out power, ComEd is beefing up staffing.

'Running up and down the lines to just make sure that there is no ice accumulating on those overhead wires,' Metra spokesman Michael Gillis said.Īt O'Hare, 380 flights had been canceled by 4:20 p.m., and 142 were canceled at Midway. Metra said it would be running those trains overnight. (Weather station: Chicago Midway Airport, USA). That ice could also impact rail travel, especially trains that rely on overhead wires, like the Metra Electric and South Shore lines. Weather Today Weather Hourly 14 Day Forecast Yesterday/Past Weather Climate (Averages) Currently: 69 ☏. But again, please, you know, give them that route to work,' Illinois Department of Transportation spokeswoman Maria Castaneda said. So again, our trucks are going to be stuck in that rush hour just like everyone else, so that always tends to be more of a challenge. 'The biggest challenge that we're going to have today is that a lot of the snow is going to be heart of the rush hour.

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The Illinois Tollway deployed its full fleet of 196 snowplows. Street sweepers also cleared debris from underneath viaducts ahead of the heavy rain. There were 211 Chicago Streets and Sanitation salt trucks deployed, focusing on main roads first.

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With snow falling and winds gusting up to 35 mph, drivers should expect snow accumulation on the roads and poor visibility. The Thursday afternoon rush hour will likely be worse than the morning, Mowry said. And we have the trucks already loaded up, ready to go out on the streets and keep the citizens safe here in Tinley Park,' Tinley Park Public Works Director John Urbanski said. We had the crews go out with salt and get some salt down before the road iced up, and getting ready for the storm that's supposed to hit us right around noon, as i understand it. Those crews will work a 12-hour shift and then they will be backed up by 12 more trucks.īut they have been preparing since Wednesday. Weather Street: CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (IL) 60608 weather forecast 60608 WEATHER WARNINGS. The Tinley Park Public Works director said the village has 12 trucks loaded with salt. Everything you need to know about todays weather in Chicago, IL. In Tinley Park, a shipment arrived recently after a few rounds of heavy snow in the past few weeks depleted it.

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