Verbatim: Severe thunderstorm watch cancelled

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Written statement issue at 7:26 a.m. Monday morning:

The National Weather Service has cancelled severe thunderstorm watch 88 for the following areas:

In Indiana this cancels 9 counties

In northern Indiana

Adams Allen IN Blackford De Kalb Grant Huntington Jay Steuben Wells

In Michigan this cancels 2 counties

In southwest Michigan

Branch Hillsdale

In Ohio this cancels 8 counties

In northwest Ohio

Allen OH Defiance Fulton OH HenrPaulding Putnam Van Wert Williams

This includes the cities of...Angola...Antwerp...Archbold... Auburn...Berne...Bluffton...Bluffton...Bronson...Bryan... Coldwater...Decatur...Defiance...Delphos...Deshler...Dunkirk... Fayette...Fort Jennings...Fort Wayne...Fremont...Garrett... Gas City...Hartford City...Hicksville...Hillsdale...Huntington... Jonesville...Kalida...Liberty Center...Lima...Litchfield... Marion...Melrose...Montpelier...Montpelier...Napoleon... New Haven...Ohio City...Ossian...Ottawa...Pandora...Paulding... Portland...Roanoke...Sherwood...Spencerville...Swanton...Upland... Van Wert