Tornado Visits Fairfield Area; Big Rainfall Totals in Central Illinois

A confirmed funnel cloud and tornado were sighted on the ground Monday around 5:30pm just southwest of Fairfield.

There were reports of several downed trees, but no other damage was reported and no injuries were reported.

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Large rainfall totals were received from central Illinois from overnight storms.

Four inches of rain was reported at Boody in Macon County, and just over three inches was reported in Springfield both at the airport and at the State Fairgrounds. Close to three inches of rain was reported at Urbana, 2.76 inches at Lovington, and just more than 2-1/2 inches of rain in Savoy and Sherman.

We received .85 inches at our studios between 6am Monday and 6am Tuesday.