The Chicago area Wednesday again found itself dealing with severe weather.

       A storm along the Interstate 39 corridor near Mendota Wednesday morning headed toward the Chicago metro area, and resulted in the area being placed under a severe thunderstorm, according to the National Weather Service.

       By noon, the thunderstorm warnings expired, the weather service said. But a special marine warning for Lake Michigan with the potential for steep waves from Wilmette Harbor to Michigan City will continue until 1 p.m.

       And another severe weather threat is likely to occur in the evening, between 7 and 10 p.m., according to meteorologist Eric Lenning.

       “Three days in a row now,” Lenning said of the area’s stretch of severe weather.

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       Around 9 a.m. Wednesday, 70 mph gusts were also traveling through northern LaSalle County headed toward the Chicago area. The Aurora Municipal Airport later reported winds of 64 mph. The tower at O’Hare International had 59 mph, and Midway Airport recorded 58 mph, the weather service said.

       Overnight storms from Tuesday into Wednesday brought .38 inches of rain reported at O’Hare and 1.08 inches of rain reported at Midway, Lenning said. Some areas saw more or less rain due to a lot of variety.

       The main concern was power outages caused by downed trees and power lines, Lenning said.

       Around noon Wednesday, Commonwealth Edison reported just over 3,000 outages, affecting almost 114,000 people, or almost 3% of its 4 million customers, according to its outage map. A number that has slightly risen from the about 2,100 outages reported at 9 a.m.

       In Chicago, ComEd reported about 200 power outages that affect about 5,300 people, which is less than 5% of its customers in the city. Countywide there were about 905 power outages that affected about 25,000 people, out of about 2,370,000 customers.

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       There were no tornado touchdowns in Chicagoland, Lenning said. But the weather service reported seven known touchdowns in the state; some of the tornadoes and storms caused noteworthy tree and structural damage in Ogle, DeKalb and Kane counties.

       Chicago is still under a heat advisory, Lenning said. But the effects of it were possibly subdued due to the storms.

       Chicago’s warm and humid weather is expected to continue into Friday, then the weekend may get a cool and dry break, the weather service said. Temperatures for Wednesday and Thursday during the day were both expected to be in the high 80s to low 90s with temperatures dropping to the 60s and 70s in the evening.

       Severe thunderstorm warnings over for now but more could come tonight. More than 100,000 still without power, ComEd says.

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