THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS:
IN MICHIGAN THIS WATCH INCLUDES 15 COUNTIES:
GRATIOT, MONTCALM, CALHOUN, CLINTON, EATON, INGHAM, IONIA, JACKSON, ALLEGAN, BARRY KALAMAZOO, KENT, OTTAWA, VAN BUREN, MUSKEGON
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALLEGAN, ALLENDALE, ALMA, BANFIELD, BATH, BATTLE CREEK, BELDING, BRADLEY, BROOKFIELD, CHARLOTTE, COVERT, DEWITT, DORR, DOWLING, EAST LANSING, EASTMANVILLE, EATON RAPIDS, ELM HALL, FENNVILLE, FOREST HILL, GOWEN, GRAND LEDGE, GRAND RAPIDS, GRAND VALLEY, GREENVILLE, GRESHAM, HARTFORD, HASTINGS, HOLLAND, IONIA, IRVING, ITHACA, JACKSON, JENISON, KALAMAZOO, KEELER, LAMONT, LANGSTON, LANSING, MARNE, MATTAWAN, MCDONALD, MIDDLEVILLE, MUSKEGON, NORTON SHORES, ORLEANS, OTSEGO, PAW PAW, PLAINWELL, PORTAGE, PORTLAND, RIVERDALE, SMYRNA, SOUTH HAVEN, ST. JOHNS, ST. LOUIS, TURK LAKE, WACOUSTA, WAVERLY, WAYLAND, WOODBURY, AND WYOMING.