Some isolated areas of Marion County are reporting damage from strong winds and hail as severe thunderstorms crossed part of the county late Sunday afternoon.
Both Salem and Centralia missed the heavy rain. The Salem Water Plant recorded 19-hundredths of an inch of rain and the Centralia Water Plant just .05-inches. The Marion County Sheriff’s Department reports a tree fell on a power line in the 600 block of East 2nd in Kinmundy causing a power outage that impacted about six customers. The sheriff’s department also reported a large tree limb fell across Tonti Road.
WJBD/WSIQ Facebook fans report 1.4-inches of rain in Alma, where some tree limbs were reported down and hail large enough to rip holes in shutters. A chimney was blown off a home on Woodland Drive while a tree fell on a home on Bryan Street just north of Salem Community High School.
An inch of rain was reported in Iuka, with a power line brought down by a falling tree limb between Kell and Iuka. Hail was also reported about four miles east of Kell. Hail also hit east of Vernon where some corn and soybean fields were damaged.
The National Weather Service issued several severe thunderstorm warnings for South Central Illinois as a result of the storms. The high temperature in Salem before the storm system moved through was 97 degrees, with a heat index well over 100 degrees.
Tree limbs came down during the severe storms between Kell and Iuka. Photo by KaRissa Allison.
