CHICAGO (WLS) — A Tornado Watch has been issued for some southwest suburbs and northwest Indiana, as a strong round of possibly severe storms is expected Wednesday afternoon and evening.

A Tornado Watch is in effect until 9 p.m. for Grundy, Kankakee, Kendall, LaSalle, Livingston and Will counties in Illinois and Benton and Newton counties in Indiana, the National Weather Service said.

A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in effect until 5:15 p.m. for Grundy, Kendall and Will counties.

A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in effect until 5:30 p.m. for Ford, Iroquois and Kankakee counties.

Much of the Chicago area is under a Level 2 risk of severe weather from about 3 to 8 p.m. The southwest suburbs are under a Level 3 risk and far north suburbs into Wisconsin are under a Level 1 risk.

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Scattered severe thunderstorms will be possible across the area, with the threat for high winds and large hail, especially south of Interstate 88.

The line of storms was expected to reach the DeKalb area from 3 to 5 p.m., the central Chicago metro area from 4 to 7 p.m. and northwest Indiana from 6 to 9 p.m.

A Wind Advisory will go into effect for most of the area at 10 p.m. through 7 a.m. Thursday.

Once the storms move out, snow showers will push in from the north, especially north of Interstate 80.

Most of the snow will fall before the Thursday morning commute.

But, a slushy dusting to an inch or 2 of accumulation will be possible with some isolated spots seeing as much as 3 inches of snow.

Severe storms caused damage across the Chicago area late Friday night into Saturday morning.

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