UPDATE: Pea-size hail reported near Hintz Road. House fire in the 900 block of Green Avenue, Deerfield after an apparent lightning strike about 9:00 a.m.
Moderate-to-severe thunderstorm developing to the west and north of Arlington Heights. Except cloud-to-ground lightning and brief, heavy downpour by 10:00 a.m. Radar indicates the the northwest suburbs are at the southern tip of thunderstorms that are heading east. The line of storms extends to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and north of Milwaukee Wisconsin.
No severe weather warning as of 9:51 a.m. Saturday.
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