Tornado watch in effect until 3 p.m. for Freeport area

A tornado watch is in effect until 3 p.m. Thursday for Stephenson, Jo Daviess, Carroll and several other northwest Illinois counties.

Two rounds of storms are expected on Thursday, according to the National Weather Service, with one in the morning and the other in the early evening.

“The Storm Prediction Center has an Enhanced, level 3 out of 5, risk for the area. All modes of severe weather will be possible,” the NWS stated in its forecat…

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