The National Weather Service in northern Indiana says there is a chance of thunderstorms this afternoon and evening.

The storms are not expected to become severe.

Because of melting snow and the predicted rain, the weather service has also issued a flood watch for the St. Joseph River in Allen and DeKalb counties in Indiana and Defiance and Williams counties in Ohio.

It said an inch or more of rain is likely in the region during the next several days.

Counties in the hazardous outlook include:

• Indiana – LaGrange, Steuben, Noble, DeKalb, Starke, Pulaski, Marshall, Fulton, Kosciusko, Whitley, Allen, White, Cass, Miami, Wabash, Huntington, Wells, Adams, Grant, Blackford and Jay.
• Ohio – Williams, Fulton, Defiance, Henry, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert and Allen.
• Michigan – St. Joseph, Branch and Hillsdale.