Damaging winds, hail, isolated tornadoes, and torrential rain are possible with a string of storms approaching Chicagoland today.

Heavy rain is in the forecast for Chicago on Friday night, but an earlier threat of severe weather has significantly diminished. A tornado watch had been in effect for most of the Chicago area until 11 p.m., but it was canceled around 9:30 p.m.

Tornados reportedly touched down across Illinois Friday night hours after National Weather Service officials issued a tornado watch for Chicago and much of northeastern Illinois in effect until 10 ...

A tornado watch was still in effect until 11 p.m. Friday for Cook County and northern Illinois, but the severe weather mainly stayed northwest of the Chicago area thanks to a line of cool, dense air that broke the storms up.

Photos and videos from eyewitnesses and storm chasers caught evidence of the tornadoes around Dodgeville and Sauk City, which are in southwestern Wisconsin.

The National Weather Service received no reports of tornado touchdowns Friday night after cancelling a tornado watch early for several Northern Illinois counties. After issuing a tornado watch