- Wednesday March 11th, 2026 :: 05:23 a.m. CDT
Tornado Watch until 11:00AM 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 41 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT /NOON EDT/ THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS EDWARDS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS FRANKLIN GALLATIN HAMILTON HARDIN JEFFERSON SALINE 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 3 COUNTIES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY DAVIESS HENDERSON UNION THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALBION, BOONVILLE, CARMI, ELIZABETHTOWN, EVANSVILLE, FAIRFIELD, FORT BRANCH, GRAYVILLE, HARRISBURG, HENDERSON, HERRIN, MCLEANSBORO, MORGANFIELD, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT VERNON, OWENSBORO, PETERSBURG, POSEYVILLE, ROCKPORT, SHAWNEETOWN, WEST FRANKFORT, AND WEST SALEM.
* AFFECTED AREAS: EDWARDS, IL ... FRANKLIN, IL ... GALLATIN, IL ... HAMILTON, IL ... HARDIN, IL ... JEFFERSON, IL ... SALINE, IL ... WABASH, IL ... WAYNE, IL ... WHITE, IL ... WILLIAMSON, IL ... GIBSON, IN ... PIKE, IN ... POSEY, IN ... SPENCER, IN ... VANDERBURGH, IN ... WARRICK, IN ... DAVIESS, KY ... HENDERSON, KY ... UNION, KY
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:
- 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
