Multiple storms caused heavy damage across the area on Wednesday. The majority of this damage in our listening area appeared to be downed trees, and a small handful of downed power line poles.

The biggest impact from this storm was widespread power outages and downed trees. Despite several tornadoes actually reaching ground and traveling for a good distance, the local area didn’t see as much damage as other Illinois communities witnessed.

Shelby County is among the counties that have some damage. According to the Shelby County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) Director, Scott McKee, the damage from the tornadic storm that went through Shelby County didn’t cause as much damage as some other counties had seen; there still was some damage reported. McKee also speaks about an easy way to report damages or concerns to the EMA so that it can be handled quickly. Simply send a text message to 217-296-6999.

Christian County EMA Director, Jeff Stoner, states there was not much damage here aside from trees falling, despite also having confirmed a tornado on the ground on Wednesday.

Some other towns in our listening area that had damage include Kincaid and Pawnee. Both of which experienced power outages and downed trees.

Pictured below is tree damage seen in Kincaid:

Pictured below is tree damage observed in Pawnee:

We are still monitoring for the National Weather Service (NWS) to update its confirmed tornado report. Once the NWS has finalized its storm report, the details can be found at taylorvilledailynews.com or on the NWS website, which is www.weather.gov.