Tornado Watch Issued For Chicago Area
CHICAGO (CBS) -- The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for the Chicago area on Thursday.
The watch is in effect until 11:00 PM for the following counties in Illinois and Indiana:
Illinois
Boone
Bureau
Cass
Champaign
Christian
Cook
De Kalb
De Witt
DuPage
Ford
Fulton
Grundy
Iroquois
Kane
Kankakee
Kendall
Knox
Lake
La Salle
Lee
Livingston
Logan
Macon
Marshall
Mason
McHenry
McLean
Menard
Morgan
Ogle
Peoria
Piatt
Putnam
Sangamon
Schuyler
Scott
Stark
Tazewell
Vermilion
Will
Winnebago
Woodford
Indiana
Benton
Jasper
Lake
Newton
Porter
A tornado watch means that conditions are favorable for a tornado. A warning means that a tornado has been spotted or is imminent.
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