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Weather Alert

Weather Alert

...Gusty Thunderstorms with Small Hail and Cold Air Funnel Clouds
through Early Tonight...

Gusty thunderstorms capable of producing cold air funnel clouds
and small hail are forecast through early tonight. These cold air
funnels are developing underneath thunderstorms that are moving
across the area. Underneath these showers...spinning columns of
air that look like tornadoes may continue to develop. These
funnels usually are very brief and rarely touch the ground. If
these funnels do touch down...they most likely will not cause
damage to life or property.

Cold air funnels are due to very cool air aloft...warm moist air
near the ground...and are usually in association with a strong
area of low pressure in the upper levels of the atmosphere. Due to
little or no wind shear...they are usually weak and very brief.

Storms to move through region, damaging winds and potential tornadoes are the biggest threat

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Severe storms in region tonight

CARTERVILLE, Ill. (WSIL) � All eyes are on the weather this evening as a system is pushing through our region.

In the next several hours, a line of severe storms will be pushing through southeast Missouri and into Illinois.

A Tornado Watch has been issued for southeast Missouri, parts of southern Illinois and a portion of western Kentucky until 11 p.m. tonight.

The most severe risk is to the west of our region, however, parts of southeast Missouri and southern Illinois have a slight and marginal risk tonight.

Most of southeast Missouri is in the Level 2 Slight risk, with the exception of Mississippi County, and parts of New Madrid, Scott and Pemiscot Counties. Randolph County, Illinois, is also included in this Slight risk, along with the eastern portion of Jackson, Perry and Washington Counties.

The central and western counties in southern Illinois are in a Level 1 Marginal risk for severe weather. This does not include the eastern half of Gallatin, White and Hardin Counties.

Strong to severe storms are expected to hit southeast Missouri this evening. The storms are predicted to arrive between 6 and 9 p.m. in the western portion of southeast Missouri, 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. in the western portion of southern Illinois and the eastern portion of southeast Missouri, and between 11 p.m. - 3 p.m. for the eastern portion of southern Illinois and western Kentucky.

The storms are anticipated to weaken as they move eastward during the night. As a result, the severe threat should diminish considerably.

The primary risks include the possibility of a tornado or two, hail up to one inch in diameter and wind gusts reaching 60 mph.

After the storms exit our region, temps will dip down into the mid to high 50s overnight with sustained winds of around 10 mph.

On Monday, when you wake up, temps will start out in the upper 50s with partly cloudy conditions and winds will continue at around 10 mph. As we move through the daytime, temperatures will climb into the lower 70s as highs and clouds start moving out. We should see sunny skies by the late afternoon and early evening.

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