Tornado warning issued for parts of Kane County; thunderstorm warning in DeKalb, Lee, Ogle counties

A tornado warning has been issued for northwestern Kane County until 4:30 p.m. Monday.

The National Weather Services said cloud rotation has been spotted on the radar, and a severe thunderstorm capable of producing tornadoes is located over Hampshire and heading to Huntley and Pingree Grove and then Elgin and Gilberts.

Elsewhere, a thunderstorm warning was issued issued for parts of Lee, Ogle, DeKalb and counties, according to the National Weather Service.

The thunderstorm warning was set to expire at 4:30 p.m., is for northeastern Lee County, southeastern Ogle County, DeKalb County and northwestern Kane County.

But another severe thunderstorm warning was put in place until 5:30 p.m. Monday for east central DeKalb, Kane, northern DuPage and northwestern Cook counties.

That warning was issued about 20 minutes after the NWS issued a thunderstorm warning for northwest DeKalb County until 4 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.

Wind as strong as 60 mph and quarter-sized hail are expected to affect DeKalb County on Monday afternoon, according to the NWS. The hail could damage cars, and the wind could damage roofs, siding and trees.

The NWS first issued a special weather statement for the thunderstorm at 2:53 p.m., before issuing a thunderstorm warning shortly before 3:20 p.m.

Thunderstorms are expect to impact Kingston, Genoa and Malta around 3:45 p.m., Hampshire, DeKalb, and Sycamore around 3:50 p.m., Huntley around 3:55 p.m. Kingston, Genoa, and Malta around 345 PM CDT. and Shabbona around 4:05 PM, according to the NWS.