- Wednesday March 4th, 2026 :: 02:34 p.m. CST
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
Franklin County Office of Emergency Management & Communications
401 E Park St
Benton, IL 62812
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 618-439-4362
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP OEMCALERT followed by your message, to 888777
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