Tornado Watch for central Illinois until 8pm

Meteorologists are forecasting two rounds of strong to severe storms crossing Central Illinois on Tuesday.  Much of central Illinois has been placed under a Tornado Watch until Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. This story will be updated with new postings on X (formerly known as Twitter) from IPM meteorologist Andrew Pritchard and NWS Central Illinois.


Andrew’s 6:00 a.m. forecast: For today, partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms and a high of 80 degrees. There’s a slight risk a few storms could become severe this morning or early afternoon. South wind 10 to 15 mph.

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