A tornado watch was in effect for much of Illinois, including the Chicago area, and Indiana Sunday afternoon. The tornado watch has since been dropped for all of Illinois, but remained in effect for all of Northwest Indiana as of 3:11 p.

Indianapolis and Central Indiana could be in for severe weather Sunday afternoon, with thunderstorms, hail and damaging winds possible.

The tornado watch is in effect till 7 p.m. for Chicago, the surrounding south and west suburbs and northwest Indiana. The National Weather Service warns of tornadoes, hail the size of ping-pong balls and 70 mph winds.

A semi-trailer truck overturned in an industrial park in Valparaiso, Indiana Sunday afternoon, killing the driver.The truck flipped over amid dangerously strong winds Sunday. Wind gusts of 81 mph were reported during storms that pounded the greater Chicago area,

Severe storms in northern Indiana caused a tractor-trailer to overturn, killing the driver. It happened around 4:15 p.m. Sunday when officers with the Porter County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a crash in Valparaiso,