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About 3,000 ComEd customers in McHenry County remained without power Thursday morning, the morning after high winds and rain passed through the area, according to the provider’s website.
That number was down to about 700 shortly before noon, ComEd reported.
The isolated severe thunderstorms predicted for Wednesday night had the potential to become a derecho storm, the National Weather Service forecasted.
The storm that swept through McHenry County Wednesday night included winds with peak gusts of 55 to 70 mph, possibly as high as 75, according to a National Weather Service report.
Gusts of 60 mph were measured just south of Hebron and at McHenry County College in Crystal Lake, and damage was reported throughout the suburbs, including downed wires in Wonder Lake and McHenry.
Some non-thunderstorm wind gusts of 35 to 45 mph were still occurring across parts of the area this morning, the National Weather Service said on Twitter. Those winds are expected to continue through 8 or 9 a.m and are strong “enough to blow around some loose items and smaller tents.”
Here is a preliminary recap of the line of severe thunderstorms that rolled through northern Illinois & northwest Indiana overnight. You can find our website write-up here: https://t.co/qU7KKeWEVI. If you have any damage, please include a specific location and a photo. pic.twitter.com/cb2BGUhDip
— NWS Chicago (@NWSChicago) July 29, 2021
Citing “significant wind damage,” the city of McHenry announced Thursday morning it would run a city-wide brush pickup starting next week.
McHenry residents will need to have all brush out to the parkway or roadside no later than 7 a.m. Monday, according to a city Nixle alert.
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