Severe Thunderstorm Watch

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 520 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /8 PM EDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES

IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

IROQUOIS

IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS

COOK DUPAGE KANKAKEE LAKE IL WILL

IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES

IN NORTHWEST INDIANA

BENTON JASPER LAKE IN NEWTON PORTER

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BOLINGBROOK, BOURBONNAIS, BUFFALO GROVE, CAROL STREAM, CHESTERTON, CHICAGO, DEMOTTE, DOWNERS GROVE, EVANSTON, FOWLER, GARY, GILMAN, GURNEE, HAMMOND, JOLIET, KANKAKEE, KENTLAND, LEMONT, LOMBARD, MERRILLVILLE, MOROCCO, MUNDELEIN, NAPERVILLE, OAK LAWN, ORLAND PARK, OXFORD, PARK FOREST, PORTAGE, RENSSELAER, ROSELAWN, SCHAUMBURG, VALPARAISO, WATSEKA, WAUKEGAN, WHEATON, AND WILMINGTON.