Ping pong ball to baseball sized hail from the Chatham and Auburn area to the Witt-Winonah area of Montgomery County, were part of a line of severe weather that impacted the Regional Radio listening area on Sunday afternoon.

Several severe thunderstorms dumped heavy rain from southern Sangamon County to northern Montgomery County and Christian County area in the mid to late afternoon hours.

Numerous reports of high winds and hail came into the Weather Service office in Lincoln on Sunday afternoon, including:

At 3:04 p.m., one inch hail was reported a mile east of Chatham.

At 3:09 p.m., 1.25 inch hail was reported a mile east of Auburn.

At 3:14 p.m., 2 inch hail was reported at Auburn.

At 3;15 p.m., 1.75 inch hail was reported at Chatham.

At 3:25 p.m., one inch nail was reported at Chatham.

At 3:25 p.m., one inch hail was reported 2 miles east southeast of Chatham.

At 3:35 p.m., 2 inch hail was reported at Divernon.

At 3:52 p.m., three-quarter inch hail was reported 2 miles north northeast of Divernon.

At 4:05 p.m., one-and-half inch hail was reported 5 miles northwest of Palmer.

At 4:52 p.m., 2-and-3-quarter-inch hail was reported 3 miles northwest of Winonah in central Montgomery County.

At 4:59 p.m., one inch hail was reported 3 miles west northwest of New Berlin in Sangamon County.

70 mile per hour winds and baseball size hail were reported just before 5:00 p.m., in the Witt area of Montgomery County.

At 5:13 p.m., hail measured at almost an inch was reported  at Pawnee.

At 6:04 p.m., one inch hail was reported a mile south southwest of Butler in Montgomery County.

At 6:12 p.m., 1.75 inch hail was reported at Taylor Springs just east of Hillsboro; Hillsboro reported one inch hail at 6:18 p.m.

At 6:24 p.m., quarter inch hail was reported at Coffeen in southern Montgomery County.

At 6:43 p.m., 1.75 inch hail was reported in Raymond.

At 6:44 p.m., 1.75 inch hail was reported 3 miles northeast of Atwater in eastern Macoupin County.

At 6:53 p.m., half-inch hail was reported 2 miles south of Farmersville in the Panhandle area of Montgomery County.

At least 20 tornado or severe thunderstorm warnings were issued by the Weather Service for the Regional Radio Listening Area Sunday afternoon into the evening.