About 3,000 remain without power due to storms

Roughly 3,000 people remain without power due to severe storms that rolled through the Chicago area Tuesday evening.

The number is down from the 14,000 Northern Illinois ComEd customers without power, officials said, but most cities and villages in the storm's path reported minimal to no damage.

The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for DuPage County that expired at 8:30 p.m., but in the end no tornadoes were reported.

And a tornado watch for 15 counties in Illinois, including Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake and McHenry and Will expired at 10 p.m. Tuesday

ComEd spokesman John Schoen said the 14,000 customers affected by Tuesday's storm were scattered throughout northern Illinois without any particular area seeing too much damage.

"The storms are passing, and as soon as it's safe to go out there, we'll send people out there to do assessments," he said.

Schoen says there isn't a projected time for residents' power to be restored, but he does caution against approaching downed lines.

"Stay away from downed power lines, even if they don't seem to be energized," he said. "And call ComEd immediately."

Elmhurst Fire Batallion Chief David Winker says a truck was called to a potential downed wire near Route 83 and the Union Pacific train tracks. He said there were no reports of traffic delays.

Hanover Park police say their tornado sirens were going off for about 10 minutes around 8:30, but report no serious damage. Sirens were also heard in Lisle and Bartlett.

A flash flood warning remains in effect until 2 a.m. for Cook and DuPage counties and portions of Will and Lake counties.

The National Weather Service also issued a hazardous weather outlook for most of northeastern Illinois that could include thunderstorms, wind in excess of 60 mph, small hail, lightning, heavy downpours and flooding.