(CHICAGO) Several roads were closed and service on a portion of the CTA Pink Line was temporarily suspended overnight after thunderstorms brought flooding to the Chicago area.
Between 3 and 4 inches of rain fell overnight before 6 a.m. Tuesday, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Ben Deubelbeiss.
Pink Line service was temporarily suspended between the 54th/Cermak and Pulaski stations due to flooding, the CTA announced shortly after midnight.
Service was resuming with residual delays as of 7:19 a.m., according to the CTA.
In northwest suburban Arlington Heights, the storm caused several large trees to fall on power lines along Euclid Avenue near the eastern edge of the village.
Drivers were urged to avoid Euclid from Waterman to Rand as ComEd crews worked with a tree removal company to clear the roadway and replace damaged utility poles.
ComEd reported only a few scattered outages across the Chicago area as of 6 a.m., a spokesman said.
But Deubelbeiss said more thunderstorms are expected throughout the day Tuesday and into Tuesday night.
The National Weather Service issued a hazardous weather outlook for the Chicago area and Northwest Indiana. The strongest thunderstorms could produce wind gusts of up to 60 mph, small hail, frequent lightning and heavy downpours.
The thunderstorms were forecast to arrive late Tuesday afternoon or early evening and spread east overnight.
