THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 74 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT /1 AM EDT/ TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS EDWARDS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS FRANKLIN GALLATIN HAMILTON JACKSON JEFFERSON PERRY SALINE WABASH WAYNE WHITE WILLIAMSON IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA POSEY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA GIBSON PIKE SPENCER VANDERBURGH WARRICK THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALBION, BOONVILLE, CARBONDALE, CARMI, EVANSVILLE, FAIRFIELD, FORT BRANCH, GRAYVILLE, HARRISBURG, HERRIN, MCLEANSBORO, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT VERNON, MURPHYSBORO, PETERSBURG, PINCKNEYVILLE, POSEYVILLE, ROCKPORT, SHAWNEETOWN, WEST FRANKFORT, AND WEST SALEM.
* AFFECTED AREAS: EDWARDS, IL ... FRANKLIN, IL ... GALLATIN, IL ... HAMILTON, IL ... JACKSON, IL ... JEFFERSON, IL ... PERRY, IL ... SALINE, IL ... WABASH, IL ... WAYNE, IL ... WHITE, IL ... WILLIAMSON, IL ... GIBSON, IN ... PIKE, IN ... POSEY, IN ... SPENCER, IN ... VANDERBURGH, IN ... WARRICK, IN
