Severe Thunderstorm Watch for entire WTVO viewing area

A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued by the National Weather Service for Winnebago, Boone, Ogle, Lee, and DeKalb counties until 4am. A line of thunderstorms stretching from the Quad Cities to near LaCrosse, WI continues to push to the east tonight. Although these storms are somewhat disorganized as of this writing, an upper-level disturbance moving across the region could help development. A cold front in central Iowa that is slowly moving east will also help to produce new storms, along with outflow from prior thunderstorms. The primary threat with these storms will be 1" diameter hail. It's also possible that we'll see winds approaching 60 mph in a couple of isolated incidences.