A severe weather outbreak could hit the Chicago area Friday night, bringing damaging high winds and the possibility of isolated tornadoes.

Weather forecasters warn about a major multiple-day outbreak of severe weather that includes multiple strong tornadoes from the Mississippi Valley to the Gulf Coast, Great Lakes and Atlantic coast through the weekend.

The threat with line will be over by 6 a.m. Saturday morning, but non-thunderstorm gradient wind gusts over 40 mph continue into Saturday afternoon as the intense low continues to spin around the Great Lakes. The weather will remain active on Saturday, particularly in eastern and southeastern Indiana.