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Jefferson County
Monday April 27th, 2026 :: 09:51 p.m. CDT

Advisory

Tornado Watch until 05:00AM Tuesday

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 167 UNTIL 5 AM CDT /6 AM EDT/ TUESDAY WHICH REPLACES A PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH 162. THE NEW WATCH IS VALID FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 19 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS EDWARDS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS ALEXANDER FRANKLIN GALLATIN HAMILTON HARDIN JACKSON JEFFERSON JOHNSON MASSAC PERRY POPE PULASKI SALINE UNION WABASH WAYNE WHITE WILLIAMSON IN INDIANA THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA POSEY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA GIBSON PIKE SPENCER VANDERBURGH WARRICK IN KENTUCKY THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 22 COUNTIES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY BALLARD CALDWELL CALLOWAY CARLISLE CHRISTIAN CRITTENDEN DAVIESS FULTON GRAVES HENDERSON HICKMAN HOPKINS LIVINGSTON LYON MARSHALL MCCRACKEN MCLEAN MUHLENBERG TODD TRIGG UNION WEBSTER IN MISSOURI THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI BOLLINGER BUTLER CAPE GIRARDEAU CARTER MISSISSIPPI NEW MADRID PERRY RIPLEY SCOTT STODDARD WAYNE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALBION, BARDWELL, BENTON, BLOOMFIELD, BOONVILLE, CADIZ, CAIRO, CALHOUN, CAPE GIRARDEAU, CARBONDALE, CARMI, CHARLESTON, CLINTON, DIXON, DONIPHAN, EDDYVILLE, ELIZABETHTOWN, ELKTON, EVANSVILLE, FAIRFIELD, FORT BRANCH, GOLCONDA, GRAYVILLE, GREENVILLE, HARRISBURG, HENDERSON, HERRIN, HICKMAN, HOPKINSVILLE, JACKSON, JONESBORO, MADISONVILLE, MARBLE HILL, MARION, MAYFIELD, MCLEANSBORO, METROPOLIS, MORGANFIELD, MOUND CITY, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT VERNON, MURPHYSBORO, MURRAY, NEW MADRID, OWENSBORO, PADUCAH, PERRYVILLE, PETERSBURG, PIEDMONT, PINCKNEYVILLE, POPLAR BLUFF, POSEYVILLE, PRINCETON, ROCKPORT, SHAWNEETOWN, SIKESTON, SMITHLAND, VAN BUREN, VIENNA, WEST FRANKFORT, WEST SALEM, AND WICKLIFFE.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ALEXANDER, IL ... EDWARDS, IL ... FRANKLIN, IL ... GALLATIN, IL ... HAMILTON, IL ... HARDIN, IL ... JACKSON, IL ... JEFFERSON, IL ... JOHNSON, IL ... MASSAC, IL ... PERRY, IL ... POPE, IL ... PULASKI, IL ... SALINE, IL ... UNION, IL ... WABASH, IL ... WAYNE, IL ... WHITE, IL ... WILLIAMSON, IL ... GIBSON, IN ... PIKE, IN ... POSEY, IN ... SPENCER, IN ... VANDERBURGH, IN ... WARRICK, IN ... BALLARD, KY ... CALDWELL, KY ... CALLOWAY, KY ... CARLISLE, KY ... CHRISTIAN, KY ... CRITTENDEN, KY ... DAVIESS, KY ... FULTON, KY ... GRAVES, KY ... HENDERSON, KY ... HICKMAN, KY ... HOPKINS, KY ... LIVINGSTON, KY ... LYON, KY ... MCCRACKEN, KY ... MCLEAN, KY ... MARSHALL, KY ... MUHLENBERG, KY ... TODD, KY ... TRIGG, KY ... UNION, KY ... WEBSTER, KY ... BOLLINGER, MO ... BUTLER, MO ... CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO ... CARTER, MO ... MISSISSIPPI, MO ... NEW MADRID, MO ... PERRY, MO ... RIPLEY, MO ... SCOTT, MO ... STODDARD, MO ... WAYNE, MO

Address/Location
Jefferson County
100 S 10th St
Mount Vernon, IL 62864

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 618-244-8000

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

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