THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 457 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 24 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHRISTIAN MACON MENARD SANGAMON SHELBY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHAMPAIGN CLARK COLES CUMBERLAND DOUGLAS EDGAR MOULTRIE PIATT VERMILION IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS CLAY CRAWFORD EFFINGHAM JASPER LAWRENCE RICHLAND IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS CASS MORGAN SCHUYLER SCOTT THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BEARDSTOWN, CHAMPAIGN, CHARLESTON, DANVILLE, DECATUR, EFFINGHAM, FLORA, GREENUP, JACKSONVILLE, LAWRENCEVILLE, MARSHALL, MATTOON, MONTICELLO, NEWTON, OLNEY, PARIS, PETERSBURG, ROBINSON, RUSHVILLE, SHELBYVILLE, SPRINGFIELD, SULLIVAN, TAYLORVILLE, TUSCOLA, URBANA, AND WINCHESTER.
* AFFECTED AREAS: CASS, IL … CHAMPAIGN, IL … CHRISTIAN, IL … CLARK, IL … CLAY, IL … COLES, IL … CRAWFORD, IL … CUMBERLAND, IL … DOUGLAS, IL … EDGAR, IL … EFFINGHAM, IL … JASPER, IL … LAWRENCE, IL … MACON, IL … MENARD, IL … MORGAN, IL … MOULTRIE, IL … PIATT, IL … RICHLAND, IL … SANGAMON, IL … SCHUYLER, IL … SCOTT, IL … SHELBY, IL … VERMILION, IL
