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Strong storms with heavy downpours and gusty winds left more than 3,000 customers without power Wednesday morning, ComEd’s outage map showed.

As of 7:20 a.m., more than 3,000 customers in the Chicago area were facing power outages, the majority of them in Cook and Will counties. Near Midlothian, one power outage alone was impacting more than 650 customers, the map showed.

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Around 4:30 a.m., a severe thunderstorm warning was issued for DuPage County, accompanied by winds of up to 60 miles per hour, heavy rain and frequent lightning, the National Weather Service said. And though the warning expired at 5 a.m., strong storms moving through Central and Southern Cook, Lake, Kankakee and Will Counties in Illinois bringing gusty winds and heavy downpours could snarl some Wednesday morning commutes.

Additionally, some “small pea sized hail” is possible, the NWS said.