Dangerous storms pummel McHenry County for 3rd night in a row

Powerful storms with damaging winds swept through the McHenry County area for a third night in a row Monday.

The line of severe weather pummeled the region, downing power lines and trees, causing flash flooding and producing multiple tornados reports around the Chicago area.

A tornado warning that had been issued for southwestern McHenry County and northwest Kane County expired at 9:15 p.m. Monday, while a tornado watch remained in effect until the early hours Tuesday but has since expired.

Damage reports started to emerge late Monday, with Woodstock Fire/Rescue District advising people to avoid the area of Washington Street and Lamb Road because of several downed trees and power lines. Throughout the region, more than 200,000 customers remained without power into early Tuesday, according to ComEd.

Early reports indicated one tornado could have been spotted near Genoa and moving east toward Huntley. That remained unconfirmed.

Those directly in the path were advised to take shelter in an interior room on the lowest level possible.

Storms and rain with winds as strong as 70 mph or more and hail had been forecast by the National Weather Service.

Over the course of the storm tornadoes have been reported in several places around the northern Illinois region and Chicago area.

Illinois counties under a tornado watch that expired at 1 a.m. Tuesday included McHenry, Kane, Will, DuPage, Cook, DeKalb, La Salle, Kendall, Lake, Boone, Livingston, Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee and Grundy.

This is the third day in a row that thunderstorms with dangerous winds have pummeled the McHenry County area.

A flood risk remained in effect for the Fox River at Algonquin, but no further precipitation is in the immediate forecast for McHenry County area, with milder temperatures expected to bring some relief from the extreme heat that also marked the last few days.