Tornado watch in place after thunderstorm with hail rolls through Southern Illinois
A tornado watch is in place for several southern Illinois counties until 3 a.m., the National Weather Service said.
The watch is in place Tuesday evening into early Wednesday morning for St. Clair, Monroe, Randolph, Clinton, Washington and Marion counties.
A severe thunderstorm watch was in effect for the metro-east including St. Clair, Madison and Monroe counties until 8 p.m., the National Weather Service said.
Earlier on Tuesday, a tornado warning had been in effect for northeastern Madison County.
Highland Police reported that there is egg-sized hail in the area. A comment on a BND Facebook post said that Collinsville received 2-inch hail.
This story was originally published April 30, 2019 at 3:13 PM.
Joseph Bustos
Belleville News-Democrat