The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center preliminarily confirmed Tuesday's widespread storms as a derecho.

The Chicago area was under a tornado warning Tuesday morning, as fast-moving storms swept into the region.

The most widespread destructive winds could unfold in a complex of storms that tracks from eastern Iowa, northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin on Tuesday morning to parts of Indiana and Ohio by Tuesday afternoon or early evening.

A pair of storms on the front and back ends of July made for a wetter month than normal, according to a National Weather Service summary.

Chicago was hammered by a pair of storms on Monday that dumped nearly three inches of rain at Midway Airport, where wind gusts topped 70 miles per hour.

Chicago’s air quality has fallen out of the “hazardous” range but remains at unhealthy levels as winds began pushing wildfire smoke from Canada and Minnesota northeast.

Some areas reported 8 to 10 inches of rain in a 48-hour period.

It felt like 106 degrees in Chicago Tuesday, and more of the same is expected for Wednesday and Thursday as the combination of heat and humidity continue to create dangerous conditions.

Dangerous heat and humidity are expected this week, particularly Monday through Wednesday with high temperatures in the mid-90s and heat index values – what temperatures will feel like when also factoring in humidity — reaching above 105 degrees.

As cleanup continues from last week's storms, more severe weather is in the forecast for this week, with the greatest threat on Wednesday.

The National Weather Service will be surveying damage from multiple reported tornadoes that touched down Thursday, while recovery efforts continue from the derecho that walloped Chicago on Wednesday.

The National Weather Service is tracking two rounds of severe weather Thursday.

Chicagoans should prepare for multiple rounds rounds of thunderstorms and uncomfortably hot and humid conditions on Wednesday and Thursday.

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Thunderstorms dumped 2.43 inches of rain at O'Hare Airport, Chicago's official weather station.

Chicagoans should prepare for anything weather-wise on Tuesday as meteorologists track storms potentially developing to the west.