http://wgntv.com/2013/05/29/thunderstorms-bring-flooding-leave-thousands-without-power/

Thunderstorms on Tuesday night flooded roads and left thousands of homes without power, authorities said.

The storms brought heavy rain to the area, with Midway Airport recording nearly two inches of rain in an hour and half late Tuesday evening, said Mike Bardou, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Romeoville.

There were reports of sporadic flash flooding on underpasses in the city, Bardou said.

The storm also interrupted power service for tens of thousands of area households.

Read more: http://wgntv.com/2013/05/29/thunderstorms-bring-flooding-leave-thousands-without-power/#ixzz2UjwVUIdQ

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPEP2+shtml/292340.shtml

DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
------------------------------
AT 800 PM PDT...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BARBARA WAS
LOCATED INLAND OVER SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO NEAR LATITUDE 17.1 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 93.8 WEST.  BARBARA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST
NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/H.  A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH AND NORTH-NORTHWEST
AT A SLOWER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND ON THURSDAY.  ON
THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF BARBARA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
OVER SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO OVERNIGHT...AND EMERGE OVER THE EXTREME
SOUTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO AS A REMNANT LOW ON THURSDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/H...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  WEAKENING WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...AND BARBARA
IS EXPECTED TO DEGENERATE TO A REMNANT LOW ON THURSDAY.

http://blog.chicagoweathercenter.com/severe-blog/2013/05/20/seasons-first-organized-severe-weather-threat-expected-later-today/

Cool temperatures and the absence of high humidity have suppressed severe thunderstorm activity across much of the Midwest this Spring.  Locally, the quiet severe weather season is expected to come to an abrupt end late this afternoon and this evening as clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms rake across much of Illinois, northern Indiana and southern Wisconsin.

Timing

Storms could fire anytime this afternoon, however the highest probability will be between 6PM and 1AM.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/2-hospitals-treating-nearly-60-after-okla-tornado

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Officials at two hospitals say they've been treating more than 140 patients, including about 70 children, since a massive tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City.

Spokeswoman Brooke Cayot (KAY'-ot) says nine of 57 patients who are being treated at the Integris Southwest Medical Center were listed in critical condition after Monday afternoon's tornado. Nineteen were

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/18/18345323-plains-states-on-edge-under-tornado-watches?lite

Large sections of the Plains states came under tornado watches Saturday as a wave of storms swept through.

But Weather Channel meteorologist Michael Palmer said the storms on Sunday afternoon and evening were likely to carry a greater chance of tornadoes and the danger will be present into Monday.The greatest threat late Saturday was in eastern Kansas and Oklahoma, weather.com reported, with central Oklahoma seeing a spike on Sunday.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/19/18355926-tornadoes-tear-through-kansas-oklahoma

People in two states were taking shelter amid wailing warning sirens Sunday as tornadoes were confirmed to have touched down in Kansas and Oklahoma as part of an extreme weather system plowing through the nation's midsection.

The National Weather Service in Wichita warned of a large and “extremely dangerous and potentially deadly” tornado late Sunday.  Weather spotters confirmed the tornado 7 miles northwest of Haysville and moving northeast at 30 mph, the Weather Service said.