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As of early Wednesday morning, power outages were spotted along the southeast part of Wilmette. Earlier Tuesday, winds at O'Hare International Airport were clocked at 70 mph, according to the Chicago Weather Center blog. Meanwhile traffic was greatly impaired and Metra trains were delayed by several hours.

As of 3 a.m. the ComEd outage map is showing 3,001 to 10,000 customers in the Chicago North region without power, while 10,000 or more are without electricty in the Skokie region.

Some of our Twitter followers have re-capped the storm:

@stevefuchs: pounded by hurricane force winds. Fences, trees, powerlines down. Lots of sirens. @chicagotribune @abc7chicago #ILWX #weather 

@danfogel: Rode out the storm in the basement with the entire family and the dogs. Tree limbs down. Lots of rain. #storm #Wilmette 5 hours ago

@srocknroll: tornado siren blowing. In basement with cats.

@anglobaptist: Warning sirens in Wilmette. Hunkered down in the basement. 

@sloanarts: tornado warning for Wilmette - sky looks really weird!@Ginger_Zee @Skilling

@marksr1959: Home cause the storms a brewing (@ Women's Club of Wilmette) http://4sq.com/liNGtR 

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