A huge portion of Indiana, including Allen County and its surrounding counties are under a tornado watch until 6 a.m. EDT. An ongoing severe storm system, over central Illinois when the watch was issued at 11:10 p.m. EDT, appearred likely to maintain intensity. If so, it could be capable of producing damaging wind gusts and a few tornadoes as it rapidly progresses east northeastward across the watch area overnight.

Make sure your weather alert radios are working, because if the National Weather Service issues a tornado warning, you want to make sure you’ll be awakened. A text message from your cell phone might not suffice!

Here’s the list of counties included in the watch:

ILLINOIS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

   FORD                 IROQUOIS            

INDIANA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

   ADAMS                ALLEN               BARTHOLOMEW         
   BENTON               BLACKFORD           BOONE               
   BROWN                CARROLL             CASS                
   CLAY                 CLINTON             DAVIESS             
   DEARBORN             DECATUR             DELAWARE            
   DE KALB              FAYETTE             FOUNTAIN            
   FRANKLIN             FULTON              GRANT               
   GREENE               HAMILTON            HANCOCK             
   HENDRICKS            HENRY               HOWARD              
   HUNTINGTON           JACKSON             JASPER              
   JAY                  JENNINGS            JOHNSON             
   KNOX                 KOSCIUSKO           LAWRENCE            
   MADISON              MARION              MARSHALL            
   MARTIN               MIAMI               MONROE              
   MONTGOMERY           MORGAN              NEWTON              
   NOBLE                OWEN                PARKE               
   PULASKI              PUTNAM              RANDOLPH            
   RIPLEY               RUSH                SHELBY              
   STARKE               SULLIVAN            TIPPECANOE          
   TIPTON               UNION               VERMILLION          
   VIGO                 WABASH              WARREN              
   WAYNE                WELLS               WHITE               
   WHITLEY              

OHIO COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

   ALLEN                AUGLAIZE            DARKE               
   DEFIANCE             HENRY               MERCER              
   PAULDING             PUTNAM              SHELBY              
   VAN WERT