Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 11 at 7:39AM CDT until August 11 at 2:00PM CDT by NWS Chicago IL
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Urgency:
Future
Effective:
August 11, 2026 - 5:39am
Expires:
August 11, 2026 - 12:00pm
Description:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
563 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT /3 PM EDT/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
FOLLOWING AREAS
IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 18 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
LIVINGSTON
IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
FORD IROQUOIS
IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
BOONE DE KALB LA SALLE
LEE OGLE WINNEBAGO
IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS
COOK DUPAGE GRUNDY
KANE KANKAKEE KENDALL
LAKE IL MCHENRY WILL
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES
IN NORTHWEST INDIANA
BENTON JASPER LAKE IN
NEWTON PORTER
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALGONQUIN, AURORA, BELVIDERE,
BOLINGBROOK, BOURBONNAIS, BUFFALO GROVE, BYRON, CAROL STREAM,
CHESTERTON, CHICAGO, COAL CITY, CRYSTAL LAKE, DEKALB, DEMOTTE,
DIXON, DOWNERS GROVE, DWIGHT, ELGIN, EVANSTON, FAIRBURY, FOWLER,
GARY, GIBSON CITY, GILMAN, GURNEE, HAMMOND, JOLIET, KANKAKEE,
KENTLAND, LA SALLE, LEMONT, LOMBARD, MARSEILLES, MCHENRY,
MENDOTA, MERRILLVILLE, MINOOKA, MOROCCO, MORRIS, MUNDELEIN,
NAPERVILLE, OAK LAWN, OREGON, ORLAND PARK, OSWEGO, OTTAWA,
OXFORD, PARK FOREST, PAXTON, PLANO, PONTIAC, PORTAGE, RENSSELAER,
ROCHELLE, ROCKFORD, ROSELAWN, SCHAUMBURG, STREATOR, SYCAMORE,
VALPARAISO, WATSEKA, WAUKEGAN, WHEATON, WILMINGTON, WOODSTOCK,
AND YORKVILLE.
Area Description:
Boone, IL; Cook, IL; De Kalb, IL; DuPage, IL; Ford, IL; Grundy, IL; Iroquois, IL; Kane, IL; Kankakee, IL; Kendall, IL; Lake, IL; La Salle, IL; Lee, IL; Livingston, IL; McHenry, IL; Ogle, IL; Will, IL; Winnebago, IL; Benton, IN; Jasper, IN; Lake, IN; Newton, IN; Porter, IN
Forcast Office:
NWS Chicago IL
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov