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Chicago, Illinois – Drivers across northern Illinois may need to clear roads and secure property within hours as conditions align for tornado-capable storms by mid-afternoon Tuesday, with the Chicago metro and nearby interstate corridors sitting inside a rapidly intensifying severe weather zone.
According to the NOAA Storm Prediction Center, a tornado-driven Moderate Risk upgrade is expected with the midday convective outlook covering northern and central Illinois into northwest Indiana. Meteorologists issued Mesoscale Discussion 0185 late Tuesday morning signaling that atmospheric wind shear and instability are strengthening across the region, creating an environment capable of rotating storms…