Gov. JB Pritzker has  issued a state disaster proclamation for eleven counties ravaged by severe weather this spring and early summer.

The proclamation includes Jefferson County for damage caused on June 21.

The National Weather Service has already confirmed 173 tornadoes in Illinois, the most recorded in a single year. 

Pritzker is scheduled to visit Effingham and Jefferson counties today. The proclamation frees up additional state resources and personnel for response and recovery operations and can facilitate requests for state and federal disaster relief.