from 1:00 in the morning part of this ring of fire pattern temperatures in kansas hit 150 degrees in spots at this hour steaming providing energy for the storms a thermometer reading temperature readings look at the triple digit heat index reading. storms this morning right here road through the area that we went into a quiet. but we started at 5:00 and watch this area in northwest illinois powerful thunderstorms and here is a look at the situation on the three-dimensional radar clouds towering at 63,000 ft. despite the hour of the night and you can see it real-time lighting bathes at each of these clashes crowds to ground like and we can show you how to have blood in the last few hours watch do relatively small area, back building building east and the notice point in your figure at the view and follow four hours of radar data which is what we are doing it has poured in those areas with steady light, situation developing eastward, to chicago with heavy rain and perhaps sever