WILMINGTON, Ohio — The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for Ross, Highland, and Pike counties. This is already in addition to the watches for Fayette and Pickaway counties.

The watch was issued at around 8 p.m. and goes until 11 p.m. Friday night.

Chillicothe, Waverly, Piketon, Greenfield, and Hillsboro are in the path of a storm that is capable of spinning up tornadoes.

Please monitor your local news media for updates as the storm barrels through.

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