Tornado Watch in effect until 4 p.m. for metro Detroit

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PETER MAXWELL, 7 ACTION NEWS. >> PETER, THANK YOU. AND NOW JUST INTO OUR NEWSROOM A SHORT TIME AGO NOW WE’RE LOOKING AT A TORNADO WATCH, RIGHT? WATCH. AND REMEMBER A WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE GOING TO BE POSSIBLE AND THEY’RE WARNING MEANS THAT’S WHERE NEED TO TAKE ACTION. THAT’S WHEN RADAR IS EITHER ARE WHEN A TORNADO IS EITHER INDICATED BY RADAR OR ONE’S BEEN SPOTTED ON THE GROUND. SO A WATCH MEANS THAT THE MESSAGING REMAINS THE SAME. THAT AS WE’VE BEEN TELLING YOU ALL MORNING, THERE’S A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER LATER TODAY ABOUT 11:00AM TO

04:00PM. STILL THE WINDOW THAT WE’RE WATCHING FOR LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THERE’S SOME STRONG STORMS OVER THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE STATE RIGHT NOW. BUT THIS TORNADO WATCH COVERS BASICALLY ALL SOUTHERN MICHIGAN, INCLUDING ALL SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN, UP ACROSS THE THUMB TO THIS IS UNTIL 4 O’CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON. SO RIGHT NOW YOU LOOK AT THE RADAR AND IT’S REALLY ACTIVE AGAIN OVER THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE STATE. IT’S ALSO SOME MORE THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE DEVELOPING AROUND ILLINOIS AND INDIANA. THOSE ARE THE ONES WILL REALLY BE WATCHING AS THE LINE OF STORMS MOVES FROM THE

WEST TO THE EAST AND OUR CHANCE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE PICKING UP AGAIN LATE THIS MORNING AND THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE, YOU KNOW WHERE TO GO. MAKE SURE YOUR KIDS OR FAMILY KNOWS WHERE TO GO. IF THERE IS

A TORNADO WARNING, GET TO THE BASEMENT OR GET TO THE MIDDLE MORSE MIDDLE PART YOUR YOUR HOME. IF YOU DON’T HAVE A BASEMENT, THE MOST INTERIOR ROOM, PARTICULARLY WITHOUT WINDOWS IS THE BEST BET OR THE BATHROOM OR CLOSET. THIS IS 3 O’CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON. ONCE THE THREAT OF SEVERE

WEATHER PASSES, THERE STILL MAY BE ADDITIONAL SHOWERS. MAYBE A THUNDERSTORM AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES AROUND 8 OR 9 O’CLOCK OR SO. SO DAMAGING WINDS, STRONG TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL ENLARGING OF HAIL TO CAUSE SOME DAMAGE