Chicago weather: Photos show baseball-sized hail as severe storms sweep through Chicago area

A powerful storm system brought severe weather to the Chicago area late Tuesday afternoon with large hail, damaging winds and rainfall.

The Storm Prediction Center placed southern portions of the Chicagoland area under a Moderate Risk for severe weather, which is Level 4 out of 5.

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Chicago storm photos

What we know:

As storms moved through the Chicago area on Tuesday, FOX Chicago viewers captured images of the weather in action.

Here are some of the images submitted by our viewers. Submit your photos here: wfldweatherphotos@fox.com

Apparent tornado spotted in LaSalle County near Oglesby.

Hail in Darien, IL. (Brendan Koch)

The Source: Information from this article was provided by the National Weather Service and FOX 32 meteorologists.

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