National Weather Service releases tornado watch for most of Chicago area.
Hours include 16 Illinois counties, including nine in watching NBC 5 area. McHenry, DeKalb, Kane, DuPage, LaSalle, Kendall, Grundy, Will and Kankakee counties all in hours to be run until 20:00
According to the National Weather Service, serious thunderstorms are possible throughout Illinois and northwest Indiana on Saturday afternoon and evening hours.
Some of these storms could potentially cause destructive straight-line winds, hail, heavy rain and even individual tornadoes.
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