THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 521 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHAMPAIGN CLARK COLES CUMBERLAND DOUGLAS EDGAR VERMILION IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS CRAWFORD JASPER LAWRENCE RICHLAND THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CHAMPAIGN, CHARLESTON, DANVILLE, GREENUP, LAWRENCEVILLE, MARSHALL, MATTOON, NEWTON, OLNEY, PARIS, ROBINSON, TUSCOLA, AND URBANA.
* AFFECTED AREAS: CHAMPAIGN, IL ... CLARK, IL ... COLES, IL ... CRAWFORD, IL ... CUMBERLAND, IL ... DOUGLAS, IL ... EDGAR, IL ... JASPER, IL ... LAWRENCE, IL ... RICHLAND, IL ... VERMILION, IL
