Severe thunderstorm watch covers 43 Indiana counties

A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect until 11 p.m. EST Wednesday for 43 Indiana counties, including Marion, Hamilton, Hendricks and Johnson counties in the Indianapolis area.

The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center issued the watch at 4:45 p.m. EST. It covers counties across central, southern and southwestern Indiana.

Storms could produce damaging wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph, isolated large hail and localized flash flooding from heavy downpours. The National Weather Service in Indianapolis said an isolated tornado cannot be ruled out.

These are all of the counties in the watch area: artholomew, Boone, Brown, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess, Decatur, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson, Greene, Hamilton, Hancock, Harrison, Hendricks, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson, Knox, Lawrence, Marion, Martin, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Orange, Owen, Parke, Perry, Pike, Posey, Putnam, Rush, Scott, Shelby, Spencer, Sullivan, Vanderburgh, Vermillion, Vigo, Warrick and Washington.

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