The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Watch for Kane County and several of our neighbors. The Tornado Watch was posted shortly before 4 p.m.

Tornado Watch

TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 335
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
355 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015

TORNADO WATCH 335 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR THE
 FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

ILC011-015-017-019-029-037-039-041-053-057-063-067-071-073-089-
093-095-099-103-105-107-109-113-115-123-125-129-131-139-141-143-
147-155-161-169-175-179-187-195-203-230400-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0335.150622T2055Z-150623T0400Z/

IL
.    ILLINOIS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BUREAU               CARROLL             CASS
CHAMPAIGN            COLES               DE KALB
DE WITT              DOUGLAS             FORD
FULTON               GRUNDY              HANCOCK
HENDERSON            HENRY               KANE
KENDALL              KNOX                LA SALLE
LEE                  LIVINGSTON          LOGAN
MACON                MARSHALL            MASON
MCDONOUGH            MCLEAN              MENARD
MERCER               MOULTRIE            OGLE
PEORIA               PIATT               PUTNAM
ROCK ISLAND          SCHUYLER            STARK
TAZEWELL             WARREN              WHITESIDE
WOODFORD
$$

Kane County seemed to dodge the worst of a Severe Thunderstorm Watch that was in place until 3 p.m.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 332 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

ILC007-011-031-037-043-053-063-073-075-089-091-093-097-099-103-
105-111-123-141-155-161-175-195-197-201-222000-
/O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0332.150622T1435Z-150622T2000Z/

IL
.    ILLINOIS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BOONE                BUREAU              COOK
DE KALB              DUPAGE              FORD
GRUNDY               HENRY               IROQUOIS
KANE                 KANKAKEE            KENDALL
LAKE                 LA SALLE            LEE
LIVINGSTON           MARSHALL            MCHENRY
OGLE                 PUTNAM              ROCK ISLAND
STARK                WHITESIDE           WILL
WINNEBAGO

The Weather Service says to expect thunderstorms, the strongest of which may produce:
    DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.
    HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS.
    HEAVY RAIN.
    FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
    PERHAPS A TORNADO OR TWO.

  AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING:

  THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH AN ASSOCIATED LOW RISK
  OF DAMAGING WINDS LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS
  AFTERNOON...MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATES 88 AND 290. THE
  POTENTIALLY MORE SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM AND SEVERE WEATHER
  THREAT LOOKS TO BE EARLY THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF
  INTERSTATE 80. THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD SOUTH OF I-80 MID TO
  LATE EVENING WITH THE SEVERE THREAT GRADUALLY DIMINISHING.