Illinois Weather

The closures and early dismissals come as an excessive heat warning was expected to go into effect at 12 p.m. Tuesday for Northeastern Illinois and Northwest Indiana.

Alicia Roman has the latest forecast for the Chicago area.

Alicia Roman has the latest forecast.

After Monday night’s severe thunderstorms and multiple tornados, video from Chicago’s West Loop surfaced showing a tree smashed through a windshield of a parked car

On Monday night, multiple tornados were confirmed around Illinois and in the Chicagoland area. NBC Chicago meteorologist Kevin Jeans talked about the historic weather residents saw

After Monday night’s severe thunderstorms and multiple tornados, video from DeKalb surfaced showing multiple fires and trees down in the area

As a powerful weather system brings severe weather to Iowa and Missouri, parts of Illinois are experiencing different impacts as the front approaches.

Illinois is familiar with many types of severe weather warnings, but an alert issued Tuesday in Sangamon County is decidedly less common.

Damaging winds, hail, and tornadoes all possible with stronger storms.

NBC Chicago meteorologist Pete Sack explains why Tuesday night’s storms were so unique for this time of year

New video shows massive amounts of people taking shelter in O’Hare Airport’s emergency shelter during a tornado warning

New video shows people heading to shelter at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport during a tornado warning

Watch as massive wind and hail storm hits Schaumburg, Illinois

NBC Chicago meteorologist Pete Sack discusses the unprecedented storms cells in the Chicagoland Area

NBC Chicago’s Chief meteorologist Brant Miller predicting a possibility of a dangerous tornado near Batavia, Illinois

Cell phone video shows a tornado in Lee County near Sublette, Illinois.