The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch Tuesday evening for much of northern Illinois through midnight.

The watch includes: Boone, Bureau, DeKalb, Kane, Kendall, La Salle, Lee, McHenry, Ogle, Putnam, Stephenson and Winnebago counties. Severe weather is forecasted to hit the area Tuesday evening, with brief tornadoes possible. A potentially dangerous line of severe thunderstorms is expected to move across the region between about 7 p.m. and 1 a.m.

Other hazards include quarter-sized hail and damaging wind gusts up to 75 mph.