The National Weather Service has canceled the tornado watch that it issued for Douglas County Friday afternoon.

Several other northeastern Kansas counties were still under the watch as of 8 p.m. They are Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and Wyandotte counties.

Also on Friday, a severe thunderstorm warning was briefly issued by the National Weather Service for portions of Douglas County, including Lawrence, Eudora and Baldwin City. That warning was allowed to expire at 5:15 p.m.