The Chicago area is once again looking at a storm evening with the potential for some severe weather Friday night. Unlike Thursday, however, the threat and expected severity are lower and mainly concentrated southeast of the city.

Significant damage was reported by first responders around Juneau and Mayville, Wisconsin, as a line of tornado-warned storms raced through on Thursday evening.

A busy stretch of severe thunderstorms is underway due to record heat and now the threats are ramping up, putting major metro areas from Chicago to Nashville under threat as the country hits the peak of tornado season.