Strong storms bring hail, funnel cloud to Ill.

Volunteer Naomi Campbell, right, helps sort through what remains of a home rented by Jeff Juzyk and his family in, Thursday, June 18, 2009, after a tornado struck the home the night before along Highway 34 west of Aurora, Neb.. Campbell and about 30 other volunteers from Pleasant View Bible Church in Aurora, where the Juzyk family attends church, are on hand to help. ( (AP Photo/The Grand Island Independent, Barrett Stinson) )

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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago airports are experiencing storm-related delays and thousands of residents of northern and central Illinois have no power.

Several waves of severe weather with lightning and wind gusts are expected to hit the state Friday.

The National Weather Service says large hail was reported near Rockford and Belvidere. And a funnel cloud was spotted on radar a mile south of Lake in the Hills.

Flight delays at O'Hare International Airport are averaging one hour and more than 50 flights have been canceled. Midway is seeing shorter delays and no cancellations.

ComEd reports 5,800 customers without electricity, mostly in the Rockford area.

About 7,300 Ameren customers are without power, mostly in Knox, Peoria and Warren counties.