With storms back in the forecast, it's important to clear up the difference between a tornado watch and a tornado warning.

Hume Mason City Petersburg Greenview Tornado watch south of Chicago As of 12:15 p.m. today, a tornado watch was in effect until 7 p.m. in Livingston, Grundy Will, Kankakee, Ford and Iroquois counties.

On Friday at 5:38 p.m. an updated tornado watch was issued by the National Weather Service in effect until Saturday at midnight for Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester ...

But before the Metro Detroit area officially was placed in that severe thunderstorm watch, a tornado warning was issued for part of Macomb County at 1:12 p.m.

UPDATE:The tornado watch in New Jersey was lifted as of 11:59 p.m. Friday. However, forecasters say some thunderstorms with strong winds and heavy moisture may drop as much as 1 to 3 inches of ...

A tornado watch has been issued for Grundy, Will and Kankakee counties in Illinois until 7 p.m. Lake, Porter, LaPorte, Newton and Jasper counties in Indiana are under the same watch.

And on Friday, both Ocean and Monmouth counties were under a tornado watch. While it's not good, tornado warnings are much more concerning. Here's the difference between the two.