High wind warning in effect for Chicago area as gusts reach 50-60 mph

A High Wind warning is in effect for the Chicago area on Friday.

Wind gusts reaching between 50 and 60 miles per hour are anticipated by 4 pm

Hazardous winds may result in remoted energy outages and wind injury as the warning stays in effect.

According to the National Weather Service, winds reaching 62 mph had been reported at Rockford Airport in Illinois, and gusts reached 66 mph on the Valparaiso Airport in Indiana on Friday morning.