The National Weather Service prediction center has issued a Tornado Watch effective Thursday until 5pm for these areas:
- Portions of northeastern Illinois
- Extreme northwestern Indiana
- Lake Michigan
- Counties:
- Boone, Champaign, Cook, DeKalb, DeWitt, Dupage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquios, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle, Livingston, McHenry, Mclean, Piatt, Vermillion, Will, Benton, Jasper, Lake, newton, Porter