THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 493 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 24 COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA KOSCIUSKO ST. JOSEPH IN NORTHERN INDIANA ADAMS ALLEN IN BLACKFORD CASS IN DE KALB ELKHART FULTON IN GRANT HUNTINGTON JAY LA PORTE LAGRANGE MARSHALL MIAMI NOBLE PULASKI STARKE STEUBEN WABASH WELLS WHITE WHITLEY IN MICHIGAN THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN BRANCH HILLSDALE ST. JOSEPH MI IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST OHIO ALLEN OH DEFIANCE FULTON OH HENRY PAULDING PUTNAM VAN WERT WILLIAMS THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AKRON, ALBION, ANGOLA, ANTWERP, ARCHBOLD, AUBURN, BASS LAKE, BERNE, BLUFFTON, BLUFFTON, BREMEN, BRONSON, BROOKSTON, BRYAN, COLDWATER, COLUMBIA CITY, COLUMBUS GROVE, CONTINENTAL, CULVER, DECATUR, DEFIANCE, DELTA, DESHLER, DUNKIRK, EDGERTON, ELKHART, FORT WAYNE, FRANCESVILLE, FREMONT, GARRETT, GAS CITY, GOSHEN, GRANGER, GRISSOM AFD, HARTFORD CITY, HICKSVILLE, HILLSDALE, HUNTINGTON, JONESVILLE, KENDALLVILLE, KNOX, LA PORTE, LAGRANGE, LEIPSIC, LIBERTY CENTER, LIGONIER, LIMA, LITCHFIELD, LOGANSPORT, MARION, MEDARYVILLE, MENDON, MEXICO, MICHIGAN CITY, MISHAWAKA, MONON, MONTICELLO, MONTPELIER, MONTPELIER, NAPOLEON, NAPPANEE, NEW HAVEN, NORTH JUDSON, NORTH MANCHESTER, OHIO CITY, OSSIAN, OTTAWA, PANDORA, PAULDING, PAYNE, PERU, PLYMOUTH, PORTLAND, ROANOKE, ROCHESTER, ROYAL CENTER, SHERWOOD, SHIPSHEWANA, SOUTH BEND, SOUTH WHITLEY, SPENCERVILLE, STURGIS, SWANTON, THREE RIVERS, TOPEKA, TRI-LAKES, UPLAND, VAN WERT, WABASH, WARSAW, WAUSEON, WHITE PIGEON, WINAMAC, AND WINONA LAKE.