Severe weather moved through the southern Illinois region late Friday night and early this morning, bringing heavy rain, lightning and wind, along with a few reports of tornadoes. The southern Illinois region had been under a Moderate Risk for severe weather Friday night, and a PDS (particularly dangerous situation) Tornado Watch was issued Friday evening, running until early this morning. Wayne County was under a Tornado Warning just after 1:30 this morning as a line of storms moved through. Power was knocked out briefly in Fairfield. Wayne-White Counties Electric Cooperative reported on their Facebook page that they had several outages in their service area, due to downed lines and poles. They were working to restore the affected areas this morning.
There were no immediate reports of major damage in the Fairfield area due to the storms. Several tornado and thunderstorm warnings were issued in Missouri and Illinois as the lines of storms approached. There were initially reports of a tornado near the McLeansboro area, and parts of central Illinois. A tornado was also reported near the St. Louis metro area, and reports indicated Rolla, Missouri was hard hit by storms Friday night.
Additional showers and thunderstorms are expected in the region today, and there is another chance for severe weather, mainly to the south and east of the Wayne County area. The far-southern part of the U.S. could see a major severe weather outbreak today.
The current weather forecast indicates somewhat cooler weather expected early next week, with more rain chances towards midweek. Extended forecasts indicate slightly above normal temperatures and precipitation expected through the end of the month.
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