Heavy thunderstorms crossed South Central Illinois late Saturday afternoon, prompting tornado warnings for Marion, Clinton, Washington, and Jefferson Counties as well as severe thunderstorm warnings for the entire region.
No building damage has been reported. There were a number of isolated power outages reported on the Tri-County and Ameren systems, mainly related to downed trees and tree limbs. A transformer reportedly blew near the Odin and Community Beach Road intersection.
Woods Lane, east of Centralia, was closed for several hours while power line damage could be repaired. Kinmundy-Alma Firemen were called out to trees that tangled in power lines in the 7900 block of Route 37 in Kinmundy. Another tree was reportedly down on Red Stripe Road near the Odin Road intersection.
In Clinton County, the weight of water from the heavy thunderstorms was enough to bring down the canopy over the gas pumps at the Shell Service Station on Route 127 in Carlyle.
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