Tornado watch issued for parts of Southside Virginia

ROANOKE, Va. – The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for some counties and cities in Southside.

The watch expires at 12 a.m. on Thursday.

Affected localities in our area include:

• Carroll County
• Floyd County
• Franklin County
• Henry County
• Martinsville
• Patrick County

As a reminder, a tornado watch means that forecasted conditions favor tornado development, more urgent than that, is a tornado warning, which means that a tornado is happening or is expected soon.