The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch until 7 p.m. for Daviess County and several nearby areas.
According to the NWS in Paducah:
The initial tornado watch has been issued this afternoon for storms that are along and just east of the Mississippi River south and east of St. Louis. Those storms are expected to increase in intensity over the next couple of hours as they move east.
Another threat is expected to emerge later this afternoon further southwest and a watch will likely be issued there in a few hours.
TORNADO WATCH 70 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 7 PM CDT /8 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 6 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA POSEY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA GIBSON PIKE SPENCER VANDERBURGH WARRICK IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY DAVIESS HENDERSON UNION IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI PERRY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALBION, BOONVILLE, CARBONDALE, CARMI, EVANSVILLE, FAIRFIELD, FORT BRANCH, GRAYVILLE, HARRISBURG, HENDERSON, HERRIN, MCLEANSBORO, MORGANFIELD, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT VERNON, MURPHYSBORO, OWENSBORO, PERRYVILLE, PETERSBURG, PINCKNEYVILLE, POSEYVILLE, ROCKPORT, SHAWNEETOWN, WEST FRANKFORT, AND WEST SALEM.
