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Wayne County Emergency Services
Wednesday April 5th, 2023 :: 08:45 a.m. CDT

Alert

Tornado Watch until 04:00PM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 126 UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON WHICH REPLACES A PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH 121. THE NEW WATCH IS VALID FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 14 COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS ALEXANDER FRANKLIN HAMILTON JACKSON JEFFERSON JOHNSON PERRY POPE PULASKI SALINE UNION WAYNE WHITE WILLIAMSON IN MISSOURI THE NEW 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, CARMI, CHARLESTON, DONIPHAN, FAIRFIELD, GOLCONDA, HARRISBURG, HERRIN, JACKSON, JONESBORO, MARBLE HILL, MCLEANSBORO, MOUND CITY, MOUNT VERNON, MURPHYSBORO, NEW MADRID, PERRYVILLE, PIEDMONT, PINCKNEYVILLE, POPLAR BLUFF, SIKESTON, VAN BUREN, VIENNA, AND WEST FRANKFORT.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ALEXANDER, IL ... FRANKLIN, IL ... HAMILTON, IL ... JACKSON, IL ... JEFFERSON, IL ... JOHNSON, IL ... PERRY, IL ... POPE, IL ... PULASKI, IL ... SALINE, IL ... UNION, IL ... WAYNE, IL ... WHITE, IL ... WILLIAMSON, IL ... 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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