Severe weather is expected over the next 24 hours for Chicago with gusty wind, thunderstorms, and snow. Aside from a few showers, there will be a cloudy and mild to start Wednesday. An intense line of thunderstorms moves into Chicago after 1 p.

Severe weather will impact a large swath of central and northern Illinois today. Here's what you need to know.

A rather small area of severe weather is in the forecast for this afternoon and evening over Illinois. As the area of severe storms moves northeast this evening some of those thunderstorms could still be severe in the southwest corner of Michigan.