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Jefferson County
Saturday May 16th, 2026 :: 03:47 p.m. CDT

Advisory

Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 10:00PM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 208 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /11 PM EDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS EDWARDS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS FRANKLIN HAMILTON JEFFERSON PERRY WABASH WAYNE WHITE IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA POSEY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA GIBSON PIKE SPENCER VANDERBURGH WARRICK IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY DAVIESS HENDERSON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALBION, BOONVILLE, CARMI, EVANSVILLE, FAIRFIELD, FORT BRANCH, GRAYVILLE, HENDERSON, MCLEANSBORO, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT VERNON, OWENSBORO, PETERSBURG, PINCKNEYVILLE, POSEYVILLE, ROCKPORT, WEST FRANKFORT, AND WEST SALEM.

* AFFECTED AREAS: EDWARDS, IL ... FRANKLIN, IL ... HAMILTON, IL ... JEFFERSON, IL ... PERRY, IL ... WABASH, IL ... WAYNE, IL ... WHITE, IL ... GIBSON, IN ... PIKE, IN ... POSEY, IN ... SPENCER, IN ... VANDERBURGH, IN ... WARRICK, IN ... DAVIESS, KY ... HENDERSON, KY

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:
Severe - Significant 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:
Severe Thunderstorm Watch

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