The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Watch that will remain in effect until 11 p.m. for Daviess and many nearby counties. According to the NWS, scattered large hail and wind gusts up to 70 mph are possible.
The full alert from the NWS reads as follows:
TORNADO WATCH 58 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 11 PM CDT /MIDNIGHT EDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS EDWARDS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS GALLATIN HAMILTON HARDIN JEFFERSON POPE SALINE WABASH WAYNE WHITE IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA POSEY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA GIBSON PIKE SPENCER VANDERBURGH WARRICK IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 16 COUNTIES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY CALDWELL CALLOWAY CHRISTIAN CRITTENDEN DAVIESS HENDERSON HOPKINS LIVINGSTON LYON MARSHALL MCLEAN MUHLENBERG TODD TRIGG UNION WEBSTER THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALBION, BENTON, BOONVILLE, CADIZ, CALHOUN, CARMI, DIXON, EDDYVILLE, ELIZABETHTOWN, ELKTON, EVANSVILLE, FAIRFIELD, FORT BRANCH, GOLCONDA, GRAYVILLE, GREENVILLE, HARRISBURG, HENDERSON, HOPKINSVILLE, MADISONVILLE, MARION, MCLEANSBORO, MORGANFIELD, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT VERNON, MURRAY, OWENSBORO, PETERSBURG, POSEYVILLE, PRINCETON, ROCKPORT, SHAWNEETOWN, SMITHLAND, AND WEST SALEM.
