Severe weather will impact a large swath of central and northern Illinois today. Here's what you need to know.

A tornado watch is in effect for a large swath of the Chicago suburbs and Northwest Indiana as a line of severe storms barrels towards our area.

Scattered severe thunderstorms on Wednesday could produce wind damage, hail and several tornadoes in the Midwest, especially from Illinois into Indiana.While we don't expect severe weather to be nearly as widespread as last Friday's outbreak in parts of the region,