Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued for several Chicago area counties, NWS says | LIVE RADAR

CHICAGO (WLS) — A couple of rounds of thunderstorms are anticipated within the Chicago space late Sunday, ABC7 Chicago Meteorologist Larry Mowry.

A Extreme Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Kendall, LaSalle, Lee, Livingston and Will counties till 4 a.m. Monday, in response to the Nationwide Climate Service.

A Extreme Thunderstorm Warning has additionally been issued for Prepare dinner, DuPage and Kane counties till 11:30 p.m. Sunday.

It has been largely dry Sunday, however storms will roll via within the night between 8 p.m. and a pair of a.m. Monday.

Organized thunderstorms are anticipated to develop in jap Iowa earlier than monitoring eastward over parts of northern and central Illinois, the Nationwide Climate Service stated.

The best extreme climate danger will probably be in areas south of the I-80 hall, Mowry stated

The storms will probably be able to damaging winds and enormous hail. Winds might attain as much as 70 mph and heavy downpours might also result in a localized flooding risk, NWS stated.

The general risk of tornadoes within the Chicago space are low however the danger is greater within the southwest, Mowry added.

Heat climate will proceed till late Wednesday earlier than cooler temperatures arrive with the weekend.