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Jefferson County
Sunday June 21st, 2026 :: 01:30 p.m. CDT

Advisory

Tornado Watch until 09:00PM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 363 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT /10 PM EDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS EDWARDS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS FRANKLIN GALLATIN HAMILTON JACKSON JEFFERSON PERRY SALINE WABASH WAYNE WHITE WILLIAMSON IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA POSEY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA GIBSON PIKE IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI PERRY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALBION, CARBONDALE, CARMI, FAIRFIELD, FORT BRANCH, GRAYVILLE, HARRISBURG, HERRIN, MCLEANSBORO, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT VERNON, MURPHYSBORO, PERRYVILLE, PETERSBURG, PINCKNEYVILLE, POSEYVILLE, SHAWNEETOWN, WEST FRANKFORT, AND WEST SALEM.

* AFFECTED AREAS: EDWARDS, IL ... FRANKLIN, IL ... GALLATIN, IL ... HAMILTON, IL ... JACKSON, IL ... JEFFERSON, IL ... PERRY, IL ... SALINE, IL ... WABASH, IL ... WAYNE, IL ... WHITE, IL ... WILLIAMSON, IL ... GIBSON, IN ... PIKE, IN ... POSEY, IN ... PERRY, 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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