UPDATE
The National Weather Service has allowed the previously-issued tornado watch to expire as of 3 p.m. Friday.
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ORIGINAL STORY
The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Watch for the yellow-shaded counties in the map you see above.
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.