UPDATE: Tornado Watch Extended Until Midnight, More Thunderstorms Coming

Editor's note: This report was updated with an extended tornado watch and information about more storms headed through the region. The updates are below in bold.

The National Weather Service this Sunday evening extended a tornado watch for multiple Illinois counties, including Kane.

The watch now remains in effect until midnight tonight. 

At about 10:21 p.m. Sunday, National Weather Service Doppler radar displayed strong thunderstorms from a line extending from Hebron to Woodstock, to Sycamore to Malta to 12 miles southwest of Mendota. The storms were moving east at 45 mph.

These storms could include:

• nickel-size hail
• winds greater than 40 mph
• frequent cloud-to-ground lightning
• brief, heavy downpours

The storms should be between DeKalb and the Tri Cities at about 11 p.m. tonight.

The strong winds may cause small objects, such as trash bins, to blow around. Stay away from high objects outdoors such as trees. Heavy rainfall can lead to flooding of low-lying areas such as ditches, viaducts, underpasses, creeks and drainage ares. Seek shelter in a sturdy structure until these storms have passed.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect for the warned area. If a tornado is spotted act quickly and move indoors to a sturdy structure, such as a basement or small interior room.

At 3:10 p.m., 1-inch hail was reported in Lombard.

Please continue to follow weather reports for further updates.

This information was courtesy of the National Weather Service.