Kosciusko County was placed under a Tornado Watch that runs until 2: 00 am ET, a short, urgent window for people in three counties who now face watches and shifting storm threats. The broader development: updates posted through the evening detailed multiple watches, a cell with a history of spinning up moving toward Lake County and a Flood Watch north of US 24. For those watching with weather radar, the situation remained active into the night.
Kosciusko, LaGrange and Steuben Counties under Tornado Watch until 2: 00 am ET
An update at 7: 45 pm ET said a Tornado Watch covers Kosciusko, LaGrange and Steuben Counties until 2: 00 am ET. That message placed a clear time on the immediate risk: a watch, not a warning, with the clock running toward early morning.
At the human scale, people in those counties were given a defined period of heightened alert. The update used precise county names and that end time; it did not extend or rescind the watch in that notice.
Weather Radar: a cell with a history of spinning up moving into Lake County
Updates also highlighted a cell noted for having a history of spinning up as it moved into Lake County, Indiana. Forecasters said they were keeping an eye on that specific cell as it moved into the county, a detail repeated in the evening bulletin at 7: 45 pm ET.
An earlier update at 5: 15 pm ET described a Tornado Watch off to the west that included Benton, Jasper and Newton Counties in northwest Indiana. Officials held off issuing additional watches until thunderstorms that were developing in Central Illinois showed continued growth.
Flood Watch north of US 24 and ongoing postings for tonight
Before the tornado watches expanded, a Flood Watch was already in effect for areas north of US 24 until tomorrow morning, the notices said. That watch remained a separate, concurrent alert focused on a different hazard in the same broader region.
Messages through the evening stressed that other watches and warnings would be posted with continuous updates tonight. One bulletin noted that potential watches farther east were being held off until storm development in Central Illinois progressed.
For now, the confirmed next development is continued posting of watches and warnings through the night. The account of events began with the Tornado Watch for Kosciusko, LaGrange and Steuben Counties and returns there: residents in those counties remain under the watch until 2: 00 am ET as officials continue to monitor the cell approaching Lake County and the Flood Watch north of US 24.
