.NOW...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS PARTS
OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON.
AT 1215 PM CDT...THE PRECIPITATION WAS MAINLY DEVELOPING WEST OF
INTERSTATE 39. WHILE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE AREA IS DRY...
EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL.