THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 338 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MICHIGAN THIS WATCH INCLUDES 14 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MICHIGAN GRATIOT MONTCALM IN SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN CALHOUN CLINTON EATON INGHAM IONIA JACKSON IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN ALLEGAN BARRY KALAMAZOO KENT OTTAWA VAN BUREN THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALLEGAN, ALLENDALE, ALMA, BANFIELD, BATH, BATTLE CREEK, BELDING, BRADLEY, BROOKFIELD, CHARLOTTE, COVERT, DEWITT, DORR, DOWLING, EAST LANSING, EASTMANVILLE, EATON RAPIDS, ELM HALL, FENNVILLE, FOREST HILL, GOWEN, GRAND LEDGE, GRAND RAPIDS, GRAND VALLEY, GREENVILLE, GRESHAM, HARTFORD, HASTINGS, HOLLAND, IONIA, IRVING, ITHACA, JACKSON, JENISON, KALAMAZOO, KEELER, LAMONT, LANGSTON, LANSING, MARNE, MATTAWAN, MCDONALD, MIDDLEVILLE, ORLEANS, OTSEGO, PAW PAW, PLAINWELL, PORTAGE, PORTLAND, RIVERDALE, SMYRNA, SOUTH HAVEN, ST. JOHNS, ST. LOUIS, TURK LAKE, WACOUSTA, WAVERLY, WAYLAND, WOODBURY, AND WYOMING.
* AFFECTED AREAS: ALLEGAN, MI ... BARRY, MI ... CALHOUN, MI ... CLINTON, MI ... EATON, MI ... GRATIOT, MI ... INGHAM, MI ... IONIA, MI ... JACKSON, MI ... KALAMAZOO, MI ... KENT, MI ... MONTCALM, MI ... OTTAWA, MI ... VAN BUREN, MI
