Meteorologists indicated a 40 percent probability that they will issue a weather watch for northern Indiana this afternoon, in a “Mesoscale Discussion” the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center issued at 2:03 p.m. EDT.

The area covered by Mesoscale Discussion 1580 includes all or part of the following counties in IMO SKYWARN quadrant two: Allen (Ind.), Whitley, Huntington, Wells, Adams, Blackford, Paulding and perhaps other nearby counties.