Downed trees were scattered across roads and thousands were without power after a line of destructive storms hit the city.

Possible tornadoes ripped down trees and power lines in three states Thursday, and severe weather soaked a Beyoncé concert in Chicago and sent the crowd in cowboy hats seeking cover, officials said.

An outbreak of severe weather spawned numerous thunderstorm warnings and wind gusts in excess of 70 miles per hour in some locations.

The National Weather Service said it was only the second time its Chicago office ever issued a dust storm warning.

Day turned to night in northwest Indiana and north-central Illinois on Friday as a rare dust storm shrouded the skies.

Those weather threats include heavy rain, 75 mile-per-hour winds, large hail or even tornadoes, NBC 5 Storm Team Meteorologist Alicia Roman said. But there's also a chance that the storms don't develop, Roman said, due to the dry air in place.

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

It was the first time the city had seen a dust storm since May 10, 1934, which was during the first wave of the Dust Bowl. Friday's storm was carrying dust picked up from farms in central Illinois, and raced north toward the Chicago area.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- There was a threat of storms Thursday night in the Chicago area. There were also record-high temperatures. A Tornado Watch and Severe Thunderstorm Warning were in effect for multiple counties in Illinois and northwest Indiana, but they have since expired.

Beyoncé's stop in Chicago for her Cowboy Carter tour got off to a rocky start when officials pushed the concert back by hours due to severe thunderstorms. Concertgoers at Soldier Field were told to shelter in place for over two hours as chairs tipped over and people lost their cowboy hats to the windy weather.

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.