Update: The NWS has canceled the tornado watch for northern Indiana and northwestern Ohio counties.
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 501 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 155 PM EDT WED SEP 10 2014 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH EASTERN INDIANA SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN WESTERN AND NORTHERN OHIO LAKE ERIE * EFFECTIVE THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 155 PM UNTIL 900 PM EDT. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF TOLEDO OHIO TO 20 MILES EAST OF BLOOMINGTON INDIANA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TORNADO WATCH 501 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS INC001-003-005-009-011-013-021-029-031-033-035-041-047-053-055- 057-059-063-065-067-069-071-075-079-081-093-095-097-103-105-109- 119-133-135-137-139-145-151-159-161-169-177-179-183-110100- /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0501.140910T1755Z-140911T0100Z/ IN . INDIANA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE ADAMS ALLEN BARTHOLOMEW BLACKFORD BOONE BROWN CLAY DEARBORN DECATUR DELAWARE DE KALB FAYETTE FRANKLIN GRANT GREENE HAMILTON HANCOCK HENDRICKS HENRY HOWARD HUNTINGTON JACKSON JAY JENNINGS JOHNSON LAWRENCE MADISON MARION MIAMI MONROE MORGAN OWEN PUTNAM RANDOLPH RIPLEY RUSH SHELBY STEUBEN TIPTON UNION WABASH WAYNE WELLS WHITLEY MIC059-091-115-110100- /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0501.140910T1755Z-140911T0100Z/ MI . MICHIGAN COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE HILLSDALE LENAWEE MONROE OHC003-011-017-021-033-037-039-043-051-063-065-069-077-091-095- 101-107-109-113-123-125-135-137-143-147-149-159-161-171-173-175- 110100- /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0501.140910T1755Z-140911T0100Z/ OH . OHIO COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE ALLEN AUGLAIZE BUTLER CHAMPAIGN CRAWFORD DARKE DEFIANCE ERIE FULTON HANCOCK HARDIN HENRY HURON LOGAN LUCAS MARION MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY OTTAWA PAULDING PREBLE PUTNAM SANDUSKY SENECA SHELBY UNION VAN WERT WILLIAMS WOOD WYANDOT