THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 547 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA ST. JOSEPH IN NORTHERN INDIANA DE KALB ELKHART LA PORTE LAGRANGE NOBLE STEUBEN IN MICHIGAN THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN BERRIEN BRANCH CASS MI HILLSDALE ST. JOSEPH MI IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO WILLIAMS THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALBION, ANGOLA, AUBURN, BENTON HARBOR, BENTON HEIGHTS, BRONSON, BRYAN, BUCHANAN, CASSOPOLIS, COLDWATER, DOWAGIAC, EDGERTON, EDWARDSBURG, ELKHART, FAIR PLAIN, FREMONT, GARRETT, GOSHEN, GRANGER, HILLSDALE, JONESVILLE, KENDALLVILLE, LA PORTE, LAGRANGE, LIGONIER, LITCHFIELD, MARCELLUS, MENDON, MICHIGAN CITY, MISHAWAKA, MONTPELIER, NAPPANEE, NILES, PAW PAW LAKE, SHIPSHEWANA, SOUTH BEND, ST. JOSEPH, STURGIS, THREE RIVERS, TOPEKA, AND WHITE PIGEON.
* AFFECTED AREAS: DE KALB, IN ... ELKHART, IN ... LAGRANGE, IN ... LA PORTE, IN ... NOBLE, IN ... ST. JOSEPH, IN ... STEUBEN, IN ... BERRIEN, MI ... BRANCH, MI ... CASS, MI ... HILLSDALE, MI ... ST. JOSEPH, MI ... WILLIAMS, OH
