Power Outage in Jacksonville, IL

Damage was reported along the length of Vandalia Road on the south side of Jacksonville. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down and the facade was torn off a church.

Damage was reported along the length of Vandalia Road on the south side of Jacksonville. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down and the facade was torn off a church.

A few trees and power lines were blown down.

Power lines were blown down near the Correctional Center.

Westerly winds increased to around 40mph with gusts of 50-60mph. A few large tree limbs and power lines were blown down.

Power lines were blown down in Jacksonville.

Power lines were blown down.

A power line was blown down.

Several trees, roofs, and power poles were damaged.

A few power poles were blown down on the south side of Jacksonville.

A roof was blown off a building at 665 S. West Street. Minor roof damage was reported to 12 houses and 2 garages. Numerous tree branches were blown down from the corner of Lincoln and Morton to College, then east to Clay and south to Morton. Several trees and power lines were blown down around town.

Several tree limbs and power lines were blown down near Route 78 and Baldwin Road.

A tree and powerline were blown down 1 mile north of Jacksonville.

Numerous power lines were blown down in Jacksonville.

Numerous power lines were blown down across Morgan County, resulting in about 1000 Ameren customers without power in the towns of Murrayville, Franklin, and Alexander.

Several two-foot diameter trees were blown down. Power lines were blown down and blocked Highway 104.

A power pole was blown down onto a house in South Jacksonville.

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in Jacksonville.

Significant icing was reported in Morgan county, with a maximum report of a half inch of ice received around Jacksonville. Significant tree and power line damage occurred and resulted in Morgan county being declared a state disaster area. More than 10,000 homes and businesses were without power, some up to 5 days. One person was hospitalized after being hit by a falling tree branch. Another person was indirectly injured, and hospitalized after a traffic accident on an icy road.

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.

Several trees and power lines were blown down.

Power lines blown down.

Few trees and power lines down.

The roof of a shed was blown off. Also, several trees and power lines were blown down. Some of the debris landed on Illinois Route 123.

Thunderstorm winds caused a large swath of damage across town. Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down. Also, several homes sustained minor roof damage. The county courthouse also sustained roof damage. No injuries were reported.

Several trees were blown down in Jacksonville. Also, several power lines were blown down in Jacksonville and Waverly.

As the northern bow echo moved into central Morgan County, numerous trees, tree limbs, power poles, and power lines were blown down. On the southeast side of Jacksonville at Nichols Park, about three dozen large trees were destroyed. No injuries were reported.

An upper level disturbance interacting with a stationary frontal boundary triggered a line of strong to severe thunderstorms across west-central Illinois during the afternoon of June 28th. Some of the storms produced gusty winds that downed power lines in Jacksonville in Morgan County.

A line of severe thunderstorms moved northeast across Western Illinois causing sporadic wind damage. As the storms moved into Alsey (Scott Co.) a large power pole was snapped off and fell across Illinois Route 106 on the south side of town. Several other power poles were broken off about half a mile further northeast along the Alsey/Manchester Road. Also, numerous trees and tree limbs were blown down in this area. When the storms moved through Jacksonville (Morgan Co.), a three mile long path of damage was created. Numerous trees, tree limbs, power lines and power poles were blown down. Some of the fallen trees destroyed several garages, cars and the roof of one house. Also, a 35 foot by 40 foot section of roof was blown off of the Morgan County Courthouse and a 50 foot tall fire dispatch radio tower was blown down. In northeastern Morgan County, near Prentice, a tree and a grain bin were blown over onto power lines. As the storms moved through Ashland (Cass Co.), several trees were blown down but no structures were damaged. In Greenview (Menard Co.), a large tree was blown down onto a house causing minor damage.