- Monday May 19th, 2025 :: 08:27 p.m. CDT
Tornado Watch until 03:00AM Tuesday 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 298 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS ALEXANDER FRANKLIN JACKSON JEFFERSON JOHNSON PERRY PULASKI UNION WILLIAMSON IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI BOLLINGER BUTLER CAPE GIRARDEAU CARTER MISSISSIPPI NEW MADRID PERRY RIPLEY SCOTT STODDARD WAYNE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BLOOMFIELD, CAIRO, CAPE GIRARDEAU, CARBONDALE, CHARLESTON, DONIPHAN, HERRIN, JACKSON, JONESBORO, MARBLE HILL, MOUND CITY, MOUNT VERNON, MURPHYSBORO, NEW MADRID, PERRYVILLE, PIEDMONT, PINCKNEYVILLE, POPLAR BLUFF, SIKESTON, VAN BUREN, VIENNA, AND WEST FRANKFORT.
* AFFECTED AREAS: ALEXANDER, IL ... FRANKLIN, IL ... JACKSON, IL ... JEFFERSON, IL ... JOHNSON, IL ... PERRY, IL ... PULASKI, IL ... UNION, IL ... WILLIAMSON, IL ... BOLLINGER, MO ... BUTLER, MO ... CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO ... CARTER, MO ... MISSISSIPPI, MO ... NEW MADRID, MO ... PERRY, MO ... RIPLEY, MO ... SCOTT, MO ... STODDARD, MO ... WAYNE, MO
Address/Location
Franklin County Office of Emergency Management & Communications
401 E Park St
Benton, IL 62812
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 618-439-4362