Severe storms raced through the Chicago area Wednesday evening, prompting a tornado watch for parts of the area well into the evening and multiple tornado warnings in Northwest Indiana. A tornado warning was issued in the early evening for southeastern LaPorte County,

Severe storms capable of dropping heavy rain resulting in flooding, hail, and spawning tornadoes moved through Indiana Wednesday night, prompting warnings for Hoosiers. National Weather Service (NWS) Indianapolis expected up to 3 inches of heavy rain Wednesday night and three additional rounds leading into Sunday.

Widespread severe weather moved through Central Indiana on Wednesday. See some of the areas impacted. Communities in Middle and West Tennessee are hunkering down as severe weather and inches of rain are expected through the weekend.