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  • WEATHER

PHOTOS: Tornadoes, hail, lightning in Chicago area

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Friday, April 10, 2015
ABC7 Facebook Fan Angharad Urch shared this image of a tornado in Fairdale, Ill.
Damage after tornadoes and severe thunderstorms hit in Fairdale, Ill. Photo courtesy Shane Nicholson, The Rock River Times.
Damage after tornadoes and severe thunderstorms hit in Fairdale, Ill. Photo courtesy Shane Nicholson, The Rock River Times.
Damage after tornadoes and severe thunderstorms hit in Fairdale, Ill. Photo courtesy Shane Nicholson, The Rock River Times.
Damage after severe weather in Fairdale, Ill. via Rockford Fire Department.
Storm damage seen in photo via Rockford Fire Dept.
Damage reported at Grubsteakers restaurant in Rochelle, submitted via USEEIT.
Shared by ABC7 Facebook Fan Alexa Johnson in Rochelle
Shared by ABC7 Facebook Fans Alex and Almita Perales in Rochelle.
Shared by ABC7 Facebook Fan Ed Tierney in Rochelle.
Funnel cloud near Rochelle, Ill. (Joe Napolitano/ABC7 Facebook fan)
Shared by ABC7 Facebook Fan Royal Randall in McHenry.
Shared by ABC7 Fan Riley Williams in Rochelle, Ill.
ABC7 Facebook Fan Amy Cacich shared this photo of lightning in Lincoln Park.
Shared by ABC7 Fan Erika Benison in Crystal Lake
Shared by ABC7 Fan Mark Olson in Lake in the Hills
Just before 12:30 a.m. Thursday a strong storm moved through west suburban Hampshire with heavy rain and pea-sized hail.
Hail and heavy rain fell in the city and Chicago suburbs as lines of storms moved across the Midwest.
Hail and heavy rain fell in the city and Chicago suburbs as lines of storms moved across the Midwest.
Hail and heavy rain fell in the city and Chicago suburbs as lines of storms moved across the Midwest.
We had lightning hit our tree in northwest suburban Des Plaines. It sent shards all over the front lawn. One even landed and stuck in the grass!
We had lightning hit our tree in northwest suburban Des Plaines. It sent shards all over the front lawn. One even landed and stuck in the grass!
We had lightning hit our tree in northwest suburban Des Plaines. It sent shards all over the front lawn. One even landed and stuck in the grass!
A view from the Aon Center above the storm.
Heavy rain and flooding in north suburban Waukegan.
A driver took cover from heavy rain at a gas station in southwest suburban Joliet.
Heavy rain and hail falling in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood.
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ABC7 Facebook Fan Angharad Urch shared this image of a tornado in Fairdale, Ill.

CHICAGO -- Several tornadoes were reported northwest of Chicago as severe storms moved across the Midwest on April 9, 2015.

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