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Weather Alert

Weather Alert

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY...

At 653 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Crainville, or
near Carterville, moving east at 55 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Marion, Herrin, Carterville, Johnston City, Crainville, Cambria,
Energy, Pittsburg, Lake Of Egypt Area, Whiteash, Williamson County
Regional Airport, Colp, and Spillertown.

This includes Interstate 57 in Illinois between Mile Markers 45 and
61.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for southern
Illinois.

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

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TORNADO...POSSIBLE;
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE;
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN;
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

Weather Alert

TORNADO WATCH 265 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 10 PM CDT /11 PM EDT/ THIS
EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 17 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS

EDWARDS

IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

ALEXANDER             FRANKLIN              GALLATIN
HAMILTON              HARDIN                JEFFERSON
JOHNSON               MASSAC                POPE
PULASKI               SALINE                UNION
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 22 COUNTIES

IN WESTERN KENTUCKY

BALLARD               CALDWELL              CALLOWAY
CARLISLE              CHRISTIAN             CRITTENDEN
DAVIESS               FULTON                GRAVES
HENDERSON             HICKMAN               HOPKINS
LIVINGSTON            LYON                  MARSHALL
MCCRACKEN             MCLEAN                MUHLENBERG
TODD                  TRIGG                 UNION
WEBSTER

IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI

MISSISSIPPI           NEW MADRID            SCOTT
STODDARD

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALBION, BARDWELL, BENTON, BLOOMFIELD,
BOONVILLE, CADIZ, CAIRO, CALHOUN, CARMI, CHARLESTON, CLINTON,
DIXON, EDDYVILLE, ELIZABETHTOWN, ELKTON, EVANSVILLE, FAIRFIELD,
FORT BRANCH, GOLCONDA, GRAYVILLE, GREENVILLE, HARRISBURG,
HENDERSON, HERRIN, HICKMAN, HOPKINSVILLE, JONESBORO,
MADISONVILLE, MARION, MAYFIELD, MCLEANSBORO, METROPOLIS,
MORGANFIELD, MOUND CITY, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT VERNON, MURRAY,
NEW MADRID, OWENSBORO, PADUCAH, PETERSBURG, POSEYVILLE,
PRINCETON, ROCKPORT, SHAWNEETOWN, SIKESTON, SMITHLAND, VIENNA,
WEST FRANKFORT, WEST SALEM, AND WICKLIFFE.

Weather Alert

...Dangerous Severe Thunderstorms Moving through the Area this
Evening...

Several intense supercell thunderstorms are occuring across
southeast Missouri, southern Illinois and western Kentucky as of 6
pm. Any of these storms will be capable of producing very large
hail to tennis ball size, wind gusts to 80 mph and a few
tornadoes.

If your area receives a warning this evening, please take them
seriously and be near a sturdy shelter.

The severe weather threat is expected to move out of the area by
midnight.

Arrest made after victim shot in the face in Harrisburg

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Amy N. Tolley of Harrisburg

Amy N. Tolley of Harrisburg (Harrisburg PD)

HARRISBURG, Ill. (WEVV) � A woman has been arrested on charges including home invasion and aggravated battery with a firearm after a victim was shot in the face in southern Illinois.

The Harrisburg Police Department says a 911 call came in before 4 p.m. Monday for a shooting at a home on Michigan Street, where a woman had reportedly been shot in the head.

Officers and Saline County deputies responded, and found the 25-year-old victim walking to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the face. The victim was immediately transported to the Harrisburg Medical Center where she was transferred to a trauma center.  

Authorities say the suspect was identified as 30-year-old Amy N. Tolley of Harrisburg. After securing the crime scene and searching for Tolley, police say they found her around 6:30 p.m. on the city's west side.

Tolley was taken into custody and is being charged with crimes including home invasion, aggravated battery with a firearm, unlawful use of a weapon, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.

The investigation is still active, and anyone with information is being asked to call Saline County Central Dispatch at 618-252-8661.

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