SEVERE WEATHER ALERT - PDS TORNADO WATCH ISSUED

The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center has issued a TORNADO WATCH for the following counties in the South Central Michigan Weather Zone:

Branch, Hillsdale

This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION (PDS) watch:  Details below:

 URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 123
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   935 AM EDT THU APR 18 2013
   
   THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
   
   * TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
     EASTERN ILLINOIS
     CENTRAL AND EASTERN INDIANA
     SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN
     NORTHWEST OHIO OHIO
     LAKE MICHIGAN
   
   * EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 935 AM UNTIL
     500 PM EDT.
   
   ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
   
   * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
     SEVERAL INTENSE TORNADOES LIKELY
     SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH POSSIBLE
     A FEW VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
   
   THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 75 STATUTE
   MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 65 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF
   SOUTH BEND INDIANA TO 60 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE
   INDIANA.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
   ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU3).
   
   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.
   

You need to pay attention to the weather and have the ability to get a warning!

Editorial Note: It would not surprise me at all to see this watch extended north and east, to cover Calhoun, Jackson, Washtenaw, Eaton and Ingham Counties.