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Jefferson County
Wednesday March 4th, 2026 :: 02:34 p.m. CST

Advisory

Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 09:00PM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 11 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST /10 PM EST/ THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 19 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS EDWARDS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS ALEXANDER 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 POSEY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA GIBSON PIKE SPENCER VANDERBURGH WARRICK IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY BALLARD CARLISLE CRITTENDEN DAVIESS FULTON HENDERSON HICKMAN LIVINGSTON MCCRACKEN UNION WEBSTER 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 ALBION, BARDWELL, BLOOMFIELD, BOONVILLE, CAIRO, CAPE GIRARDEAU, CARBONDALE, CARMI, CHARLESTON, CLINTON, DIXON, DONIPHAN, ELIZABETHTOWN, EVANSVILLE, FAIRFIELD, FORT BRANCH, GOLCONDA, GRAYVILLE, HARRISBURG, HENDERSON, HERRIN, HICKMAN, JACKSON, JONESBORO, MARBLE HILL, MARION, MCLEANSBORO, METROPOLIS, MORGANFIELD, MOUND CITY, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT VERNON, MURPHYSBORO, NEW MADRID, OWENSBORO, PADUCAH, PERRYVILLE, PETERSBURG, PIEDMONT, PINCKNEYVILLE, POPLAR BLUFF, POSEYVILLE, ROCKPORT, SHAWNEETOWN, SIKESTON, SMITHLAND, VAN BUREN, VIENNA, WEST FRANKFORT, WEST SALEM, AND WICKLIFFE.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ALEXANDER, IL ... EDWARDS, IL ... FRANKLIN, IL ... GALLATIN, IL ... HAMILTON, IL ... HARDIN, IL ... JACKSON, IL ... JEFFERSON, IL ... JOHNSON, IL ... MASSAC, IL ... PERRY, IL ... POPE, IL ... PULASKI, IL ... SALINE, IL ... UNION, IL ... WABASH, IL ... WAYNE, IL ... WHITE, IL ... WILLIAMSON, IL ... GIBSON, IN ... PIKE, IN ... POSEY, IN ... SPENCER, IN ... VANDERBURGH, IN ... WARRICK, IN ... BALLARD, KY ... CARLISLE, KY ... CRITTENDEN, KY ... DAVIESS, KY ... FULTON, KY ... HENDERSON, KY ... HICKMAN, KY ... LIVINGSTON, KY ... MCCRACKEN, KY ... UNION, KY ... WEBSTER, 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
Jefferson County
100 S 10th St
Mount Vernon, IL 62864

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 618-244-8000

Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant 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:
Severe Thunderstorm Watch

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