THE LOOP — Heavy thunderstorms will sweep through the city Wednesday, and there's a chance tornadoes could form in the area.
The city is expected to get hit with heavy rain, hail and damaging winds, said Ricky Castro, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service. It's not definite that tornadoes will form in the city, but the National Weather Service will be keeping an eye out for that while also watching for other severe weather, Castro said.
Flooding will be a concern as more than one inch of rain is expected to fall on Chicago, though the amount will vary throughout the city, Castro said. The storms are expected to form in the morning or early afternoon, take a break and then hit again in the late afternoon or evening.
There's also a possibility the city will get large hail, Castro said. The hail could be one inch in diameter or about the size of a quarter, he said.
People should have a safety plan in place and shouldn't rule out significant severe weather, Castro said. AccuWeather meteorologist Chyna Glenn encouraged people to "keep an eye on the sky" when considering going outside.
"If any of these storms look particularly dangerous, heed the weather and try to get to some safer structure to ride out the storm," Glenn said.
If a tornado does form, it would probably be weak — F1 or F2, Glenn said.
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