An unusually strong area of low pressure is forecasted to quickly intensify across the Great Plains Friday, leading to a threat of severe weather in the Chicago area.

A cold front and strong winds off Lake Michigan sent temperatures tumbling on Tuesday, but a gradual warm-up is on the way.

The NWS issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook in Illinois, predicting severe thunderstorms, strong gusts and high temperatures later this week.

New models from the Storm Prediction Center indicate a possibility of strong-to-severe thunderstorms and dangerous wind gusts later this week.

All of these tornadoes were later rated as EF-1 strength or weaker. These storms traveled across southern Lake Michigan, moving back onto land in southwest Michigan and continuing their eastward trek.

Wall clouds can be an indicator of a tornado, NWS says. The rotation detected yesterday may have spun up due to the storm crossing the lake breeze over Lake Michigan. "Sometimes that can be just ...

A colossal winter storm was slamming the East Coast after tearing across the central U.S., unleashing a barrage of dangerous weather disruptions.

Weather forecasters on Saturday warned of a "coast-to-coast winter storm" overtaking the nation — with heavy snow in the Great Lakes, including ... and even a small tornado in the Los Angeles ...

Back-to-back days of strong to severe thunderstorms — and the risk of tornadoes — are expected ... and Pittsburgh and to around the shore of Lake Erie. The ongoing line of storms currently ...

Feb. 18 (UPI) --Police discovered a boy and two girls abandoned by their mother and living in squalor for at least five years in southeastern Michigan while conducting a welfare check during the ...