THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 157 TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 14 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS EDWARDS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS FRANKLIN GALLATIN HAMILTON HARDIN JEFFERSON JOHNSON MASSAC POPE SALINE WABASH WAYNE WHITE WILLIAMSON IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY BALLARD CALLOWAY CARLISLE FULTON GRAVES HICKMAN LIVINGSTON MARSHALL MCCRACKEN THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALBION, BARDWELL, BENTON, CARMI, CLINTON, ELIZABETHTOWN, FAIRFIELD, GOLCONDA, GRAYVILLE, HARRISBURG, HERRIN, HICKMAN, MAYFIELD, MCLEANSBORO, METROPOLIS, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT VERNON, MURRAY, PADUCAH, SHAWNEETOWN, SMITHLAND, VIENNA, WEST FRANKFORT, WEST SALEM, AND WICKLIFFE.
* AFFECTED AREAS: EDWARDS, IL ... FRANKLIN, IL ... GALLATIN, IL ... HAMILTON, IL ... HARDIN, IL ... JEFFERSON, IL ... JOHNSON, IL ... MASSAC, IL ... POPE, IL ... SALINE, IL ... WABASH, IL ... WAYNE, IL ... WHITE, IL ... WILLIAMSON, IL ... BALLARD, KY ... CALLOWAY, KY ... CARLISLE, KY ... FULTON, KY ... GRAVES, KY ... HICKMAN, KY ... LIVINGSTON, KY ... MCCRACKEN, KY ... MARSHALL, KY
