Power Outage in Chatham, IL

Tornado. A tornado touched down near the intersection of Curran Road and Spaulding Orchard Road about 1 mile south of Curran at 12:12 PM CDT. It removed large sections of the roof of a home, then continued to track southeastward into the town of Chatham where it blew down numerous trees, tree branches, and power lines. The tornado also ripped approximately half the roof off a home in Chatham. It downed several large trees and tore shingles off homes in a subdivision just southeast of Chatham before crossing I-55 and dissipating about 2 miles north-northeast of Glenarm at 12:19 PM CDT.

June 30, 2023

Thunderstorm Wind. At least 15 power poles were blown down.

June 29, 2023

A cluster of thunderstorms that initiated during the night of June 28th across the Central Plains entered west-central Illinois by the late morning of June 29th. Aided by an increasingly unstable airmass characterized by CAPE values of 3000-4000J/kg and a 30-40kt mid-level jet streak, the storms became linear in nature and began racing east-southeastward across central Illinois. Widespread wind gusts of 60-80mph were observed along the line, with localized corridors of even higher gusts. The highest measured gust of 101 mph came from a personal weather station near Taylorville that took a direct hit from a tornado. A total of seven tornadoes were embedded within the line of storms, including an EF-2 tornado near Curran in Sangamon County. The high winds caused extensive tree and power line damage, leading to power loss for over 200,000 customers. Some people in the Springfield area were without power for nearly a week before all lines were restored. The winds impacted all of central and southeast Illinois, but were most concentrated between the I-74 and I-70 corridors. Once the line of storms dropped into the Ohio River Valley, additional severe cells fired along the trailing outflow boundary south of I-70 during the late afternoon. These storms produced hail as large as 2 inches in diameter across parts of Clay, Richland, and Lawrence counties.

June 29, 2023

Thunderstorm Wind. Eight to ten power poles were snapped along Dirksen Parkway.

June 29, 2023

Thunderstorm Wind. A few tree branches were blown down and two power poles were leaning to the south.

May 14, 2023

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