A tornado watch has been issued for part of southeast Wisconsin until 11 p.m. The watch includes Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth and Waukesha counties. Stay with WeatherWatch 12 throughout the evening for any updates.

The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Watch for the far northern section of the Kansas City viewing area, or designated market area (DMA).The watch includes Harrison,

The tornado warnings in Atlantic and Ocean counties in New Jersey are no longer in effect on Wednesday night. Earlier Wednesday, a tornado warning in New Castle County, Delaware, expired at around 9:15 p.m. A severe thunderstorm watch was in effect across much of the Philadelphia region for Wednesday evening.

This means that instead of receiving a tornado warning just 15 minutes before a storm strikes, residents could get up to two hours’ notice. The technology also allows for more targeted alerts, potentially narrowing warnings from entire regions to just one or two counties.

A nearly two-year evaluation of NWS performance on tornado forecasting concluded that the agency, which faces mounting scrutiny over its forecasting capabilities amid personnel losses, “has consistently fallen short of meeting performance goals for probability of detection and warning lead times” since 2011.

Severe weather caused damage across the region Tuesday, even triggering a tornado warning in parts of New Jersey.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - According to the National Weather Service and local reports from the Emergency Management in Page County, a brief tornado touched down Friday afternoon.

A tornado warning for southeastern Guthrie County was allowed to expire as planned for 12:15 a.m. Friday. According to the National Weather Service, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near Casey at 11:45 p.m., moving east at 35 mph.