Big blow: Wind gusts 60 miles per hour or more to hit Wednesday

Severe weather is still looking possible. “Our current expectations are for severe thunderstorms to develop in the Great Plains Wednesday morning”.

This system features a tremendous amount of wind as well. “Then, if it sped up it, might be all east of the MS (River) on Wednesday”, Hart said.

A strong cold front will sweep across the area on Wednesday with scattered thunderstorms likely. The best bet for a few strong to severe storms looks to be just south of the center of low pressure.

Your StormTracker 7 Weather Team will continue to keep you posted on the severe weather potential until the risks are out of your area.

“We want our citizens to be on guard, be vigilant and have their safety plan in place”, Kelly said. The bigger story will be the strong, northwest wind that follows as this storm tracks out of the area. The Wind Advisory is in effect for the following counties until 6 p.m. Thursday.: Boone, Cook, De Kalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, La Salle, Lake, Lee, Livingston, McHenry, Ogle, Will, Winnebago in IL; Benton, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter in IN; and Walworth, Kenosha and Racine in Wisconsin.

Forecasters are warning 63 million people in the central U.S.to have an eye out for bad weather this week.

On Thursday, as the front moves into the Gulf of Mexico, Houston will be greeted by a return of cool, fall air. The friction of the ground will slow the twisting winds, even if by only a margin, and the low position will be a smaller target for debris.

Wind gusts of 45 to 55 miles per hour are expected across the area from late Wednesday morning through early Wednesday evening.