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NWS: 'Particularly dangerous situation' Tornado Watch until 3 a.m.

The National Weather Service has issued a particularly dangerous situation that will remain the Tornado clock until 3 a.m. for Davies and many nearby counties. According to the NWS, “several strong tornados” are likely in the Tornado clock area, in addition to the size of the tennis ball and the straight gust of wind of up to 80 miles per hour.

The NWS warning is:

The national weather service has issued Tornado Watch 36 in
Effect until 3 a.m. CDT / 4 a.m. EDT / Saturday for the following areas

In Illinois this clock contains 19 counties

In Southeast Illinois

Edwards

In south -illinois

Alexander Franklin Gallatin
Hamilton Hardin Jackson
Jefferson Johnson Massac
Perry Pope Pulaski
Saline Union Wabash
Wayne White Williamson

In Indiana this watch contains 6 counties

In the southwest of Indiana

Posey

In the southwest of Indiana

Gibson Pike Spencer
Vanderburgh Warrick

In Kentucky this clock contains 22 counties

In Western Kentucky

Ballard Caldwell Calloway
Carlisle Christian Crittenden
Davies Fulton Graves
Henderson Hickman Hopkins
Livingston Lyon Marshall
McCracken McLean Mühlenberg
Todd Trigg Union
Webster

In Missouri this clock contains 11 counties

In the southeast of Missouri

Bollinger Butler Cape Girardeau
Carter Mississippi New Madrid
Perry Ripley Scott
Stoddard Wayne

This includes the cities of Albion, Bardwell, Benton, Bloomfield, a
Boonville, Cadiz, Cairo, Calhoun, Cape Girardeau, Carbondale,
Carmi, Charleston, Clinton, Dixon, Doniphan, Eddyville,
Elizabethtown, Elkton, Evansville, Fairfield, Fort Branch,
Golconda, Grayville, Greenville, Harrisburg, Henderson, Mistress,
Hickman, Hopkinsville, Jackson, Jonesboro, Madisonville,
Marble Hill, Marion, Mayfield, McLeansboro, Metropolis,
Morganfield, Mound City, Mount Carmel, Mount Vernon, Murphysboro,
Murray, New Madrid, Owensboro, Paducah, Perryville, Petersburg,
Piedmont, Pinckneyville, Pappel Bluff, Poseyville, Princeton,
Rockport, Shawneetown, Sikeston, Smithland, Van Buren, Vienna,
West Frankfort, West Salem and Wickliffe.