Power Outages in Shelby, Coles, Jasper Counties Wednesday

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Published on June 15 2016 4:12 pm
Last Updated on June 16 2016 10:17 am
Written by Greg Sapp

Storms knocked out power to portions of Shelby, Jasper and Coles counties Wednesday afternoon

At 4pm Wednesday, 1,320 AmerenIllinois customers in Shelby County were without power. 2,327 AmerenIllinois customers in Coles County were without power. The storm moved south and east to Jasper County, knocking out power in the Newton and surrounding areas.

The entire listening area was under a severe thunderstorm watch until late Wednesday night.

Power poles were taken down by the storm. Thanks to Kris Maleske for the photo.