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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 520 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /8 PM EDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS IROQUOIS IN NORTHEAST ILLINOIS COOK DUPAGE KANKAKEE LAKE IL WILL IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST INDIANA BENTON JASPER LAKE IN NEWTON PORTER THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BOLINGBROOK, BOURBONNAIS, BUFFALO GROVE, CAROL STREAM, CHESTERTON, CHICAGO, DEMOTTE, DOWNERS GROVE, EVANSTON, FOWLER, GARY, GILMAN, GURNEE, HAMMOND, JOLIET, KANKAKEE, KENTLAND, LEMONT, LOMBARD, MERRILLVILLE, MOROCCO, MUNDELEIN, NAPERVILLE, OAK LAWN, ORLAND PARK, OXFORD, PARK FOREST, PORTAGE, RENSSELAER, ROSELAWN, SCHAUMBURG, VALPARAISO, WATSEKA, WAUKEGAN, WHEATON, AND WILMINGTON.

* AFFECTED AREAS: COOK, IL ... DUPAGE, IL ... IROQUOIS, IL ... KANKAKEE, IL ... LAKE, IL ... WILL, IL ... BENTON, IN ... JASPER, IN ... LAKE, IN ... NEWTON, IN ... PORTER, IN