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Wayne County Emergency Services
Wednesday February 22nd, 2023 :: 12:20 p.m. CST

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Tornado Watch until 06:00PM Wednesday

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 41 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 14 COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS ALEXANDER FRANKLIN HAMILTON JACKSON JEFFERSON JOHNSON MASSAC PERRY POPE PULASKI SALINE UNION WAYNE WILLIAMSON IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY BALLARD MCCRACKEN IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI BOLLINGER BUTLER CAPE GIRARDEAU CARTER MISSISSIPPI NEW MADRID PERRY RIPLEY SCOTT STODDARD WAYNE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BLOOMFIELD, CAIRO, CAPE GIRARDEAU, CARBONDALE, CHARLESTON, DONIPHAN, FAIRFIELD, GOLCONDA, HARRISBURG, HERRIN, JACKSON, JONESBORO, MARBLE HILL, MCLEANSBORO, METROPOLIS, MOUND CITY, MOUNT VERNON, MURPHYSBORO, NEW MADRID, PADUCAH, PERRYVILLE, PIEDMONT, PINCKNEYVILLE, POPLAR BLUFF, SIKESTON, VAN BUREN, VIENNA, WEST FRANKFORT, AND WICKLIFFE.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ALEXANDER, IL ... FRANKLIN, IL ... HAMILTON, IL ... JACKSON, IL ... JEFFERSON, IL ... JOHNSON, IL ... MASSAC, IL ... PERRY, IL ... POPE, IL ... PULASKI, IL ... SALINE, IL ... UNION, IL ... WAYNE, IL ... WILLIAMSON, IL ... BALLARD, KY ... MCCRACKEN, KY ... BOLLINGER, MO ... BUTLER, MO ... CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO ... CARTER, MO ... MISSISSIPPI, MO ... NEW MADRID, MO ... PERRY, MO ... RIPLEY, MO ... SCOTT, MO ... STODDARD, MO ... WAYNE, MO

Address/Location
Wayne County Emergency Services
1002 Leininger Rd
Fairfield, IL 62837

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 812-307-5585

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Alert Details

Severity:
Extreme - Extraordinary threat to life or property
Urgency:
Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
Certainty:
Possible (p <= ~50%)
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Tornado Watch

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