Originally Posted by
sim510
I'm about 3 hours southwest of OHare (downstate Illinois). The storm just passed through my town. It was a doozie! Big wind. Buckets of rain. I'm sure we'll have some trees and branches down around town. Maybe Chicago won't get it as bad as we had it. It lasted about 1.25 hours. Mostly done now.
Good luck! I've been stuck at OHare more than once, waiting for a commuter to PIA in bad weather.
Just flew into ORD a bit ago and it was fine but bumpy. Radar doesn't look good for later. BTW did not until this post that the airport code for Peoria is PIA - how unfortunate.