A string of storms prompted a second round of severe weather alerts for Labor Day weekend.
Severe storms continued to power through the northwest suburbs Sunday evening, producing winds up to 60 mph. The National Weather Service doppler radar indicated severe thunderstorms, prompting alerts in McHenry, Lake, DuPage and Cook counties just before 8 p.m.
Earlier storms sparked tornado warnings for Grundy, LaSalle and Kendall counties Sunday.
Those warnings were allowed to expire after the storm that prompted the warning "weakened," according to an alert from the National Weather Service.
Two people were critically injured Friday when a strong line of storms raked the Chicago area, bringing down trees and power lines, knocking out power to thousands, and delaying the travel of thousands of commuters heading into a busy holiday weekend.
Temperatures in the Chicago area on Friday were in the upper 90s, and with high humidity the heat index was more than 100 degrees. All of that hot, humid air was fuel for the line of storms that began crossing the Wisconsin/Illinois state line in mid-afternoon.
The storms topped out at about 55,000 feet and were moving to the south and east at about 25 MPH at about 5 p.m.
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