Tornado Watch for most of the North Illinois, heavy thunderstorms that were also exhibited – Shaw Local

In addition to the Tornado Watch for most of North Illinois, several areas in the region were under a heavy thunderstorm in the evening.

An official of the national weather service said that reports of 65 miles per hour were received five miles northwest of Marengo and 55 miles per hour in Boone County east of the city of Herbert, southwest of Marengo, in Boone County. There was also a report on tree damage between Mchenry and Volo north of Lakemoor.

At 7:30 p.m., only the southeastern Lake County and the North Heastern Cook County had severe thunderstorm warnings, according to the National Weather Service. According to the weather service, people in the affected areas should move to an interior on the lowest floor of a building. Thunderstorm warnings previously covered Northern Dekalb County, Boone County, Ost Ogle County and Southeastern Winnebago County, Mchenry County and Northern Kane County.

Lake County and Northwestern Cook County were also under a thunderstorm warning, but this war

About 740 customers in Lee County, around 3,100 customers in Mchenry County, about 540 in Whiteside County and 190 in Dekalb County were without power from around 7:30 p.m. About 660 customers were without electricity in Ogle County.

According to the NWS, a Tornado clock is in force for most North Illinois until 10 p.m. on Thursday.

The updated Tornado clock began with Mchenry County and Rockford, but was expanded at 5:15 p.m. on Thursday to cover most of North and Central -illinois, including Ogle, La Salle, Dekalb, Kane, Kankakeee, Kendall, Lee, Cook, Cook and Winebago and the counties Winebago and Boone.

Other potential weather threats can enter the area on Thursday, including harmful winds and harmful hail according to NWS.

The weather service says that showers and thunderstorms are probably as well as windy weather, with gusts of up to 30 miles per hour.

According to the NWS, people should move inside when they hear thunder and have several ways to get weather warnings.