A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect for some North Texas counties Friday morning. The National Weather Service issued the watch for Jack, Wise, Cooke, Grayson and Fannin counties until 10 a.m. and a First Alert Weather Day was also issued for Friday.

The NWS Fort Worth TX issued a severe thunderstorm watch at 2:16 a.m. on Friday in effect until 10 a.m. The watch is for Wise, Cooke, Fannin, Grayson, Jack, Montague and Young counties.

A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect through late this evening as thunderstorms move across south-central and southeast Lower Michigan.

Violent storms cut through a wide swath of the South and Midwest, spawning tornadoes and killing at least two people, knocking down power lines and trees and ripping roofs off homes.

Violent storms have cut through a wide swath of the South and Midwest, spawning tornadoes and killing at least one person, knocking down power lines and trees and ripping roofs off homes