35M across Midwest in bullseye of Wednesday's severe weather threat as storms charge east

35M across Midwest in bullseye of Wednesday's severe weather threat as storms charge east

More than 35 million people across the Midwest are in the bullseye of Wednesday's severe weather threat including the Milwaukee and Chicago metro areas. Large hail and tornadoes will be the main hazards Wednesday afternoon across parts of southeastern Minnesota, Wisconsin, northern Illinois, eastern Iowa, northern Missouri and northeastern Kansas, where NOAA has issued a Level 3 out of 5 risk of severe thunderstorms. Heading into the evening, wind gusts up to 75 mph are expected across Wisconsin before pushing into northern Illinois closer to midnight. The severe weather threat will shift east Thursday across the Midwest, Ohio Valley and parts of the Northeast.