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Severe Weather Downs Power Lines, Trees Thursday Afternoon

Severe thunderstorms hit Central Illinois late Thursday afternoon into Thursday evening, causing some damage but apparently no injuries.

The National Weather Service received these storm damage reports Thursday evening:

At 3:48, law enforcement officials reported tree limbs and power lines down in Beardstown.

Trained spotters reported numerous trees town in Morgan and Sangamon counties during the 3 o'clock hour.

Taylorville Airport reported a 53 mile an hour wind gust at 5:09.

At 5:35, tree limbs were reported down in Kitchell Park in Pana.

At 5:23, thunderstorms brought down tree limbs that were blocking a street in Blue Mound.

Lightning from a severe thunderstorm took 3 of the Miller Media Group radio stations off the air at 5:20 Thursday afternoon.  WTIM, WRAN, and NEW Country 104-point-1 were off until just before 6 o'clock.

The line of severe thunderstorms moved out of the Regional Radio listening area by 7 o'clock Thursday night.

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