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...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT...

NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR SEVERE WEATHER LATER TONIGHT. BE SURE THAT YOU HAVE FRESH BATTERIES IN YOUR WEATHER RADIO AND THAT IT IS PROGRAMMED APPROPRIATELY.

KNOW WHERE TO GO WHEN SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS AND WHERE YOUR SAFE PLACE IS, BEFORE THE SEVERE WEATHER STRIKES. HAVE A WAY TO KEEP INFORMED ABOUT CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS WELL.

A TORNADO CAN STRIKE AT ANYTIME OF THE DAY AND ANY DAY OF THE YEAR. JANUARY TORNADOES CAN BE STRONG AND QUICK MOVING, SO KEEP ALERT OF CHANGING WEATHER.

***A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS OUR REGION THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING HOURS. IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL BRING WARM AND HUMID AIR INTO THE AREA. THE CLASH OF THESE TWO AIR MASSES WILL RESULT IN THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A FEW STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES AS WELL. THE TIME FRAME FOR THE GREATEST THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL IS FROM 7 PM TO 3AM ACROSS SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE...WHICH COULD PRODUCE SOME MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. LATEST INDICATIONS ARE THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

WHEN DRIVING DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH STANDING WATER, THE ROADWAY MAY HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT.

STAY ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER.