THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 408 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 17 COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA KOSCIUSKO ST. JOSEPH IN NORTHERN INDIANA CASS IN DE KALB ELKHART FULTON IN LA PORTE LAGRANGE MARSHALL MIAMI NOBLE PULASKI STARKE STEUBEN WABASH WHITE WHITLEY IN MICHIGAN THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN BERRIEN BRANCH CASS MI HILLSDALE ST. JOSEPH MI IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO WILLIAMS THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AKRON, ALBION, ANGOLA, AUBURN, BASS LAKE, BENTON HARBOR, BENTON HEIGHTS, BREMEN, BRONSON, BROOKSTON, BRYAN, BUCHANAN, CASSOPOLIS, COLDWATER, COLUMBIA CITY, CULVER, DOWAGIAC, EDGERTON, EDWARDSBURG, ELKHART, FAIR PLAIN, FRANCESVILLE, FREMONT, GARRETT, GOSHEN, GRANGER, GRISSOM AFD, HILLSDALE, JONESVILLE, KENDALLVILLE, KNOX, LA PORTE, LAGRANGE, LIGONIER, LITCHFIELD, LOGANSPORT, MARCELLUS, MEDARYVILLE, MENDON, MEXICO, MICHIGAN CITY, MISHAWAKA, MONON, MONTICELLO, MONTPELIER, NAPPANEE, NILES, NORTH JUDSON, NORTH MANCHESTER, PAW PAW LAKE, PERU, PLYMOUTH, ROCHESTER, ROYAL CENTER, SHIPSHEWANA, SOUTH BEND, SOUTH WHITLEY, ST. JOSEPH, STURGIS, THREE RIVERS, TOPEKA, TRI-LAKES, WABASH, WARSAW, WHITE PIGEON, WINAMAC, AND WINONA LAKE.