000 FPUS73 KLSX 062354 NOWLSX SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 655 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 2004 ILZ059-060-064-065-069-070-100-070130- BOND IL-CLINTON IL-FAYETTE IL-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON IL-MARION IL- MONTGOMERY IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EDWARDSVILLE...LITCHFIELD...SALEM... VANDALIA 655 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 2004 .NOW... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT TONIGHT... THROUGH 830 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...GENERALLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 55...IN THE HILLSBORO...GREENVILLE...AND VANDALIA AREAS. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE AREA SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AND LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. $$ ILZ074-079-101-102-MOZ065-073>075-084-085-099-070130- IRON-JEFFERSON-MADISON-MONROE IL-RANDOLPH IL-REYNOLDS-ST CLAIR IL- ST FRANCOIS-STE GENEVIEVE-WASHINGTON-WASHINGTON IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLEVILLE...CHESTER...FARMINGTON 655 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 2004 .NOW... THROUGH 830 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A POTOSI...CENTERVILLE LINE...IN THE PARK HILLS...FARMINGTON.... IRONTON...STE. GENEVIEVE...AND FREDERICKTOWN AREAS. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. $$ TRUETT