Tornado watch issued for central Indiana until 1 a.m.

The National Weather service in Indianapolis has issued a tornado watch for our area until 1 a.m.

In our area, the tornado watch includes Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson and Shelby counties.

Forecasters say that supercells forming in Illinois will move into Indiana through the evening. A few tornadoes are likely with the more isolated storms, including the potential for a strong (EF2+) tornado or two. Giant hail (2”+), and damaging winds over 80 mph are also possible.

The timing of the worst of the storms is estimated from 7 p.m. to midnight.