URBANA – Severe storms early Monday brought hail, heavy rain and high winds through central Illinois.
Around 1:00 a.m., the National Weather Service office in Lincoln issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Champaign county. Within the hour, heavy rain poured down on Champaign-Urbana. Large hail was also reported in Mahomet.
The National Weather Service reports more than an inch of rain fell in less than an hour at Willard Airport in Savoy. Multiple weather spotters reported small hail in the twin cities.
Ameren Illinois reports multiple power outages across Champaign County, with more than 14-hundred people in Champaign-Urbana without power as of 4:30am.
Rainwater also flooded the studio of WCIA-TV. The CBS affiliate continued live weather updates as water pooled on the floor.
[1:45am] – The severe storm threat is waning some and should begin to transition to more of a flooding threat across west central Illinois where additional storms are developing. Still, a few strong storms could pulse up to severe limits over the next couple hours. #ILwx pic.twitter.com/wEWj9M87SJ
— NWS Lincoln IL (@NWSLincolnIL) September 19, 2022
Multiple power outages are reported after a thunderstorm rolled through Champaign County earlier this morning. This is a snapshot of the @AmerenIllinois outage center. pic.twitter.com/B7LFBU4yTF
— Illinois Public Media News (@IPMnewsroom) September 19, 2022
Finally starting to quiet down in Champaign-Urbana after high winds, small hail, torrential rains, and dangerous lightning whipped through town. #ilwx pic.twitter.com/vnQECvWexr
— Andrew Pritchard (@skydrama) September 19, 2022
Thinking of our friends @WCIA3. The @CBS affiliate’s studio is literally flooding right now after a strong storm moved through Champaign minutes ago. Lots of electronics including robotic cameras, weather computers, lights, microphones in studio. pic.twitter.com/2XIfae8nu8
— Reg News (@RNewsIPM) September 19, 2022
Heavy ☔️ and lots of ⚡️ in downtown Champaign now. @NWSLincolnIL @ChambanaWX pic.twitter.com/oSouPlbxTY
— Illinois Public Media News (@IPMnewsroom) September 19, 2022
Incredibly frequent lightning with incoming severe storms northwest of Champaign-Urbana, #ilwx pic.twitter.com/1fMikehluc
— Andrew Pritchard (@skydrama) September 19, 2022
Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Champaign IL, Bloomington IL and Urbana IL until 1:45 AM CDT pic.twitter.com/ZsNFhSJ1N3
— NWS Lincoln IL (@NWSLincolnIL) September 19, 2022