Two rounds of severe weather in the next 36 hours

Laura Wibbemeyer-KFVS TV

There will be two rounds of severe weather that will be hitting Franklin County and the rest of Southern Illinois.  One will be late tonight.  The other one will be this afternoon and evening.

This is for the chance of wind damage in Southern Illinois tonight. This means there is a 5% chance of someone experiencing damaging thunderstorm winds in a 25 mile radius. The hail threat is similar. (SPC image)

The first round will be late tonight into the early morning hours.  At this time the tornado threat will be minimal.  Large Hail and damaging winds will be the greatest threat.  Franklin County is in a marginal risk (level 1 of 5) for severe weather in this event.

Tomorrow is where things will get interesting.  The tornado threat will be higher.  Here in Franklin County we are under a marginal risk (level 3 of 5) for severe weather tomorrow.

Dr. Greg Forbes, The Weather Channel

For Southern Illinos, Dr. Greg Forbes of the weather channel has the TORCON level at four.  This means there is a 40% change that there will be a tornadic event  50 miles from your location.

Here is the hazardous weather outlook issued by the National Weather Service in Paducah, KY.

.DAY ONE…Today and Tonight Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible late tonight, mainly after midnight across southeast Missouri, far western Kentucky and southern Illinois. Locally heavy rain is also possible. .

Laura Wibbemeyer-KFVS TV

DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…Thursday through Tuesday There is a good chance of severe thunderstorm activity Thursday across most of the area, from midday through late afternoon. The area of greatest concern is western Kentucky at this time. Large hail, damaging winds and a few tornadoes will be possible. Locally heavy rainfall is also possible. There is a chance of thunderstorms next Monday.

Franklin County and most of Southern Illinois have a 30 percent chance of experiencing some type of severe weather event in a 25 mile radius. SPC image

I will do my best to keep an eye on the radar through the severe weather event overnight and tomorrow afternoon.  Any weather briefing videos or Facebook Live posts from local meteorologists will be posted on the franklincounty-news.com Facebook page.  -sd