….but South Counties might not be exempt.
Here’s the National Weather Service’s forecast for the remainder of the evening for southern Illinois and surrounding areas.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 325 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014 ILZ049>052-054-056-061>063-066>068-071>073-081100- CHRISTIAN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER- LAWRENCE-MORGAN-MOULTRIE-RICHLAND-SANGAMON-SCOTT-SHELBY- 325 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A WEATHER DISTURBANCE OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI AT MID AFTERNOON WILL PUSH INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS DURING THIS EVENING...LIKELY BRINGING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF I-72 LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO MID EVENING. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ESPECIALLY FROM I-70 SOUTH. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE MORE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS INTO THIS EVENING...WHICH MAY PRODUCE SOME LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY AGAIN FROM LATE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE THREAT FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS LOW DURING THIS PERIOD. HOWEVER HEAVY RAINS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING SOUTH OF I-72 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCHES 252/253 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 741 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014 ILC003-047-055-059-065-069-077-081-087-127-145-151-153-165-181- 185-191-193-199-INC051-125-129-147-163-173-KYC007-033-035-039-047- 055-059-075-083-101-105-107-139-143-145-149-157-177-219-221-225- 233-MOC017-031-133-143-157-201-207-080200- /O.CON.KPAH.TO.A.0253.000000T0000Z-140608T0500Z/ TORNADO WATCH 253 REMAINS VALID UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 19 COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS ALEXANDER EDWARDS FRANKLIN GALLATIN HAMILTON HARDIN JACKSON JEFFERSON JOHNSON MASSAC PERRY POPE PULASKI SALINE UNION WABASH WAYNE WHITE WILLIAMSON IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA GIBSON PIKE POSEY SPENCER VANDERBURGH WARRICK IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 22 COUNTIES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY BALLARD CALDWELL CALLOWAY CARLISLE CHRISTIAN CRITTENDEN DAVIESS FULTON GRAVES HENDERSON HICKMAN HOPKINS LIVINGSTON LYON MARSHALL MCCRACKEN MCLEAN MUHLENBERG TODD TRIGG UNION WEBSTER IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI BOLLINGER CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSISSIPPI NEW MADRID PERRY SCOTT STODDARD THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ALBION...BARDWELL...BENTON... BLOOMFIELD...BOONVILLE...CADIZ...CAIRO...CALHOUN... CAPE GIRARDEAU...CARBONDALE...CARMI...CHARLESTON...CLINTON... DIXON...EDDYVILLE...ELIZABETHTOWN...ELKTON...EVANSVILLE... FAIRFIELD...FORT BRANCH...GOLCONDA...GREENVILLE...HARRISBURG... HENDERSON...HERRIN...HICKMAN...HOPKINSVILLE...JONESBORO... MADISONVILLE...MARBLE HILL...MARION...MAYFIELD...MCLEANSBORO... METROPOLIS...MORGANFIELD...MOUND CITY...MOUNT CARMEL... MOUNT VERNON...MURRAY...NEW MADRID...OWENSBORO...PADUCAH... PERRYVILLE...PETERSBURG...PINCKNEYVILLE...POSEYVILLE... PRINCETON...ROCKPORT...SHAWNEETOWN...SIKESTON...SMITHLAND... VIENNA...WEST FRANKFORT AND WICKLIFFE.
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