A dangerous round of severe weather took aim at the Chicago area on Thursday, with storms capable of producing 70+ mph wind ...

The NWS forecast office in Chicago wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday: "A personal weather station has measured 5.06 inches of rain just west of the United Center in 1 hour and 30 minutes!

A dangerous round of severe weather is taking aim at the Chicago area Thursday, with storms capable of producing 75+ mph wind gusts, baseball-size hail or larger, and powerful tornadoes.