200 still without power after Tuesday storms

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About 200 ComEd customers remain without power after thunderstorms swept through the Chicago area Tuesday night.

These customers should have their power back between 7 and 8 p.m. Wednesday night, said ComEd spokesperson John Schoen. About 15,000 were without power at the peak of the storms.

A series of tornado, severe storm and flash flood warnings were issued for most of northern Illinois Tuesday night.

Between 1 and 3 inches of rain fell in an hour across parts of the Chicago area before the storms tapered off, according to the National Weather Service.

Downstate, a tornado touched down about six miles south and southwest of Pontiac in Livingston County about 5:10 p.m., according to the National Weather Service, citing information relayed by Illinois State Police.

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