National Weather Service news
A tornado watch has been issued until 10 p.m. Tuesday for parts of DeKalb, La Salle, Lee, Ogle, Boone and Winnebago counties, according to the National Weather Service.
The National Weather Service Quad-Cities office has issued a tornado watch for Whiteside and Carroll counties in northwestern Illinois in effect until 8 p.m. Tuesday.
National Weather Service meteorologist Marc Chenard says the northeast U.S. currently has the best chance of clear skies, along with parts of Arkansas, Missouri and Illinois.
A springtime winter weather advisory has been issued for DeKalb, Lee, Ogle and McHenry counties through noon Wednesday, bringing with it a potential for two to four inches of snow, according to the National Weather Service.
Though spring is officially here in DeKalb County, a chance of snow Thursday night into Friday is, too, according to the National Weather Service.
Illinois had 46 February tornadoes between 1995 and 2022. And 11 two weeks ago, according to the National Weather Service. What causes out-of-season storms? Does climate change play a role? Some experts weigh in:
The National Weather Service will hold a statewide tornado drill at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Residents should expect to see alerts on their television and radio stations. Tornado sirens will not be a part of the test.
From 1950 until 2023, 11 tornadoes occurred in the Chicago area during the month of February, according to the National Weather Service in Romeoville whose forecast area includes 18 counties in northeast Illinois and five in northwest Indiana.
Two EF-0 tornadoes touched down in DeKalb County during Tuesday’s severe weather, reported the National Weather Service Wednesday.
The National Weather service confirmed 11 tornadoes touched down across several counties Tuesday, including four in Kane County.
The National Weather Service said it would be conducting storm surveys to identify potential tornadoes from Tuesday night in northern Illinois
A possible tornado was spotted near Hinckley Tuesday night, according to a spokesperson with the National Weather Service. A tornado watch remains in effect for DeKalb County through 10 p.m., and a wind advisory through 6 a.m. Wednesday.
The National Weather Service in Chicago has issued a tornado watch until 10 p.m. for nearly all of Northern Illinois, including Bureau, Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, La Salle, Lake, Lee, Livingston and McHenry Counties.
Record warmth, followed by potentially severe storms, followed by below-zero wind chills and snow, all in the next 24 hours for northern Illinois
Conditions on the Kankakee River improved Saturday as the threat of flooding continued to go down as temperatures stayed up.