Watch Possible later this Afternoon

2:15pm Update: Storms continue to move through north-central Illinois with the heaviest of the rain now in Boone and McHenry counties.  This will continue to lift north/northeast.  The rain has likely stabilized our atmosphere some, but there is a good amount of clearing just to our southwest.  A Tornado Watch has been issued for the counties just north of Green, Rock and Walworth in southern and central Wisconsin.  This is because the warm front there could provide additional instability to get storms to rotate.  For us, conditions will continue to be monitored for the potential of our atmosphere to recover (meaning the instability builds again) behind these storms. 

1:15pm Update: Storms continue to develop west of I-39 this afternoon and continue to move north.  Nothing severe is expected with these storms...you'll likely see a heavy downpour.

11:45am Update: A weather watch will likely be needed for parts of Wisconsin and Illinois later this afternoon.  Instability continues to rise through north-central Illinois and south-central Wisconsin. There have been a few pop up showers/storms that have formed late this morning. 

Currently watching a few that have popped south of Freeport near Shannon, Forreston and Chadwick.  These will become a little more numerous through the afternoon as an upper level disturbance moves out of Missouri.

The warm front stretches through southern Wisconsin as an area of low pressure sits in western Iowa.  The disturbance moving out of Missouri will help provide the lift needed to continue storm development as we go through the afternoon. Still looking at the potential for hail and damaging winds with these storms.  It would be right along the warm front where we would have to watch for the potential of rotating storms.