THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 76 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT /MIDNIGHT EDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS LIVINGSTON IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS FORD IROQUOIS IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS LA SALLE IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS GRUNDY KANKAKEE WILL IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST INDIANA BENTON JASPER LAKE IN NEWTON PORTER THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BOLINGBROOK, BOURBONNAIS, CHESTERTON, COAL CITY, DEMOTTE, DWIGHT, FAIRBURY, FOWLER, GARY, GIBSON CITY, GILMAN, HAMMOND, JOLIET, KANKAKEE, KENTLAND, LA SALLE, MARSEILLES, MENDOTA, MERRILLVILLE, MINOOKA, MOROCCO, MORRIS, OTTAWA, OXFORD, PAXTON, PONTIAC, PORTAGE, RENSSELAER, ROSELAWN, STREATOR, VALPARAISO, WATSEKA, AND WILMINGTON.
* AFFECTED AREAS: FORD, IL ... GRUNDY, IL ... IROQUOIS, IL ... KANKAKEE, IL ... LA SALLE, IL ... LIVINGSTON, IL ... WILL, IL ... BENTON, IN ... JASPER, IN ... LAKE, IN ... NEWTON, IN ... PORTER, IN
