Risk of severe weather between 9 a.m. EDT today and 8 a.m. EDT tomorrow. Yellow area: Slight risk: Green: Thunderstorms forecast but not expected to be severe. Highlighted counties: County warning area of the northern Indiana NWS office. Source: SPC “Day 1 Convective Outlook,” 8:49 a.m . EDT.
Most of the western half if Indiana, most of Illinois and parts of many other states to the south have a slight risk of severe storms today and/or tonight, according to the “Day 1 Convective Outlook” that the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center issued at 8:49 a.m. EDT.
The greatest threat in the slight risk area is damaging thunderstorm winds of 58 mph or greater.