Illinois Public Media News is monitoring severe storm potentional on Monday. The National Weather Service in Central Illinois says strong thunderstorms is tracking across the region, producing strong wind gusts, rain and hail. We will update this post with the latest forecast information.
Tuesday 1:30 a.m.
URBANA – Destructive winds and flash flooding kept many of your Central Illinois neighbors up overnight. The National Weather Service says a 74-mile-per-hour wind gust was recorded south of Allenville in Moultrie County. Meteorologist James Auten says high winds also caused damage in Danville, Kickapoo State Park and other parts of Vermilion County.
“We’re not exactly sure how strong the winds were but we do know that the wind was strong enough that it was doing damage,” says Auten. “There were trees down, tree branches down, power poles down as well in some of those locations.”
As of midnight, Ameren Energy reported more than 1,400 customers in Illinois are without power. Many outages are reported in and around Danville.
In addition to the winds, heavy rain fell in a few areas in a short amount of time. As of midnight, the Weather Service says Urbana received 1.64 inches of rain Monday night. The village of Homer in eastern Champaign County received 2.31 inches of rain. And an area northwest of Mattoon received 2.27 inches of rain in an hour, flooding many roads.
“They had multiple vehicles in Mattoon get stranded in the deep water. Some of the water was up to two feet deep,” said Auten.
Austen says by morning, the storms will be gone and it will be less humid during the day on Tuesday. – Reginald Hardwick, Illinois Newsroom.
11:45 pm — Areas of heavy rain continue in eastern Illinois, while additional storms have been popping up further west. pic.twitter.com/0SNx3k2bJ8
— NWS Lincoln IL (@NWSLincolnIL) August 30, 2022
Flash Flood Warning including Urbana IL, Saint Joseph IL and Georgetown IL until 2:00 AM CDT pic.twitter.com/xy1Btc7xPX
— NWS Lincoln IL (@NWSLincolnIL) August 30, 2022
Storms will diminish in intensity and coverage by Midnight, but it's still raining pretty hard out there with 1"/hr rates being estimated by radar. This has caused some serious urban flooding around the Charleston/Mattoon area. Never drive through a flooded street. #ILwx pic.twitter.com/NA1q8pE6YW
— NWS Lincoln IL (@NWSLincolnIL) August 30, 2022
Strong-to-severe thunderstorms will continue to fester over the next 1-2 hours before diminishing. Damaging winds, torrential rains, and frequent lightning are the primary hazards. #ILwx pic.twitter.com/iPVM5keql3
— NWS Lincoln IL (@NWSLincolnIL) August 30, 2022
Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Paris IL, Chrisman IL and Oakland IL until 9:30 PM CDT pic.twitter.com/zPIt4fpMDc
— NWS Lincoln IL (@NWSLincolnIL) August 30, 2022
Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Milford IL, Oxford IN and Cissna Park IL until 9:45 PM CDT pic.twitter.com/Mee9rimzA5
— NWS Chicago (@NWSChicago) August 30, 2022
Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Charleston IL, Mattoon IL and Sullivan IL until 9:00 PM CDT pic.twitter.com/jSyLTyKxzF
— NWS Lincoln IL (@NWSLincolnIL) August 30, 2022
Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Tuscola IL, Arcola IL and Villa Grove IL until 9:00 PM CDT pic.twitter.com/Rf8aFvlmR3
— NWS Lincoln IL (@NWSLincolnIL) August 30, 2022
Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Danville IL, Saint Joseph IL and Georgetown IL until 9:15 PM CDT pic.twitter.com/AjjiNEWlgi
— NWS Lincoln IL (@NWSLincolnIL) August 30, 2022
Flash Flood Warning including Danville IL, Tilton IL and Gifford IL until 11:30 PM CDT pic.twitter.com/0KUePnn3Rv
— NWS Lincoln IL (@NWSLincolnIL) August 30, 2022
Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Maroa IL, Cerro Gordo IL and Argenta IL until 8:15 PM CDT pic.twitter.com/9NZ0AucAN1
— NWS Lincoln IL (@NWSLincolnIL) August 30, 2022
Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Danville IL, Rantoul IL and Saint Joseph IL until 8:15 PM CDT pic.twitter.com/Rxo7wuucBq
— NWS Lincoln IL (@NWSLincolnIL) August 30, 2022
A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for parts of Illinois until 10 PM CDT pic.twitter.com/5OOdrBRIKO
— NWS Lincoln IL (@NWSLincolnIL) August 29, 2022
A humid and exceptionally unstable atmosphere has developed across central Illinois this afternoon. If storms develop over the next 4 hours, they will likely become severe. Stay weather aware this evening! #ILwx pic.twitter.com/fsJN2VBQxF
— NWS Lincoln IL (@NWSLincolnIL) August 29, 2022
A line of severe storms should develop somewhere across C IL late this afternoon, then drop SE thru the evening hours. Damaging straight line wind gusts are the main hazard, but hail up to quarter size is also possible. Be sure to have multiple ways to receive warnings. #ILwx pic.twitter.com/1ObYoW95f8
— NWS Lincoln IL (@NWSLincolnIL) August 29, 2022
A special weather statement has been issued for Hoopeston IL, Rossville IL and Gifford IL until 3:30 PM CDT pic.twitter.com/nqmc83q1hC
— NWS Lincoln IL (@NWSLincolnIL) August 29, 2022
Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Watseka IL, Paxton IL and Gibson City IL until 2:45 PM CDT pic.twitter.com/rgBUpQkDRI
— NWS Chicago (@NWSChicago) August 29, 2022
An outflow boundary positioned from roughly Beardstown to Lexington, IL will be the focus for thunderstorm development later today. This may continue to sag a little further south over the next few hours with storms looking to fire between 4-7 PM. #ilwx pic.twitter.com/lT6mwXVW5F
— NWS Lincoln IL (@NWSLincolnIL) August 29, 2022
Good Monday morning! We'll see quite a bit of sunshine through the first part of our Monday, but the chance for t-storms increases through the afternoon into the evening. There's an increased risk of severe weather this afternoon & evening, with damaging wind gusts pic.twitter.com/mXjOsCPT0l
— Chambana Weather (@ChambanaWX) August 29, 2022
A line of severe thunderstorms is expected to develop across northern IL this afternoon, then drop southeast across central IL into the evening hours. Damaging straight line wind gusts are the primary hazard, with the highest risk area north of a Havana to Danville line. #ILwx pic.twitter.com/VPMdMo36vB
— NWS Lincoln IL (@NWSLincolnIL) August 29, 2022
