THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 160 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS EDWARDS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS FRANKLIN HAMILTON JACKSON JEFFERSON PERRY WAYNE WHITE IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI PERRY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALBION, CARBONDALE, CARMI, FAIRFIELD, GRAYVILLE, MCLEANSBORO, MOUNT VERNON, MURPHYSBORO, PERRYVILLE, PINCKNEYVILLE, WEST FRANKFORT, AND WEST SALEM.
* AFFECTED AREAS: EDWARDS, IL ... FRANKLIN, IL ... HAMILTON, IL ... JACKSON, IL ... JEFFERSON, IL ... PERRY, IL ... WAYNE, IL ... WHITE, IL ... PERRY, MO
