THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 455 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 16 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS DE WITT LOGAN MACON MARSHALL MCLEAN PEORIA STARK TAZEWELL WOODFORD IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHAMPAIGN COLES DOUGLAS EDGAR MOULTRIE PIATT VERMILION THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BLOOMINGTON, CHAMPAIGN, CHARLESTON, CLINTON, DANVILLE, DECATUR, EUREKA, LACON, LINCOLN, MATTOON, MONTICELLO, NORMAL, PARIS, PEKIN, PEORIA, SULLIVAN, TOULON, TUSCOLA, AND URBANA.
* AFFECTED AREAS: CHAMPAIGN, IL ... COLES, IL ... DE WITT, IL ... DOUGLAS, IL ... EDGAR, IL ... LOGAN, IL ... MCLEAN, IL ... MACON, IL ... MARSHALL, IL ... MOULTRIE, IL ... PEORIA, IL ... PIATT, IL ... STARK, IL ... TAZEWELL, IL ... VERMILION, IL ... WOODFORD, IL
