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 6 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS CALHOUN JERSEY MADISON MONROE RANDOLPH SAINT CLAIR IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 20 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSOURI CALLAWAY COLE MONITEAU OSAGE IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI CRAWFORD FRANKLIN GASCONADE JEFFERSON LINCOLN MONTGOMERY SAINT CHARLES SAINT LOUIS SAINT LOUIS CITY WARREN WASHINGTON IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI IRON MADISON REYNOLDS SAINT FRANCOIS SAINTE GENEVIEVE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALTON, BELLEVILLE, CAHOKIA, CHESTER, EDWARDSVILLE, FARMINGTON, FULTON, JEFFERSON CITY, SAINT CHARLES, SAINT LOUIS, SPARTA, SULLIVAN, UNION, AND WASHINGTON.
* AFFECTED AREAS: CALHOUN, IL ... JERSEY, IL ... MADISON, IL ... MONROE, IL ... RANDOLPH, IL ... ST. CLAIR, IL ... CALLAWAY, MO ... COLE, MO ... CRAWFORD, MO ... FRANKLIN, MO ... GASCONADE, MO ... IRON, MO ... JEFFERSON, MO ... LINCOLN, MO ... MADISON, MO ... MONITEAU, MO ... MONTGOMERY, MO ... OSAGE, MO ... REYNOLDS, MO ... ST. CHARLES, MO ... STE. GENEVIEVE, MO ... ST. FRANCOIS, MO ... ST. LOUIS, MO ... WARREN, MO ... WASHINGTON, MO ... ST. LOUIS CITY, MO
