Storm
causes electrical damages
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[AUG. 19, 2005]
Power outages dominate the damage report from
last night's storms that rolled through central Illinois. The storms
that came out of the southwest featured great light shows, strong
winds in some areas and heavy rain in other areas. They began
shortly after 10 p.m. in Logan County and lasted through the early
morning hours.
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Illinois State Police evacuated more than a thousand late evening
fair-goers from the Bud Light tent at the Illinois State Fair. The
fairgrounds lost power and the fair was scheduled to be closed till
noon today. The power has been restored there. Winds caused the
power outage at the fairgrounds, AmerenCILCO representative Leigh
Morris said. There were also a number of lightning strikes that
knocked out power to approximately 6,000 locations from Springfield
to north of Lincoln.
Crews are steadily restoring power, with about 540 Lincoln area
locations and 34-40 near Lincoln still out, Morris said.
Lincoln streets supervisor Tracy Jackson, Logan County Emergency
Management Agency assistant director Terry Storer and Lincoln sewers
manager Dave Kitzmiller all said they had no problems from flooding
or damage reports other than the power outages.
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![](http://webdev.ccaonline.com/offline/images/ads/current/ace%20large%20buttonized.gif) North Kickapoo Street was one of the last areas being worked on.
The lift stations for Lincolnwood and Mayfair were operating on
backup power, Kitzmiller said.
An area of Hartsburg was still without power earlier this
morning.
The National Weather Service office in Lincoln had an official
rain gauge reading of 1.12 inches on-site and 3.28 inches northeast
of Lincoln, Ernie Goetsch said. He said that heavier rains fell over
the area north of Lincoln.
[Jan
Youngquist]
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