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Father’s Day storm drenches central Illinois, rivers rise Original

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By Chris Yates Verified, Milla Bellisario
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by: Chris Yates, Milla Bellisario - Weather Intern Posted: Jun 22, 2026 / 08:34 PM CDT Updated: Jun 22, 2026 / 08:34 PM CDT PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) – A storm system this Father’s Day brought heavy rain to our area, along with a tornado outbreak across Southern Illinois. Most of central Illinois was left with 1-3″ of rain and flooding along the Illinois River.
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Father’s Day storm drenches central Illinois, rivers rise

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By Chris Yates Verified
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Tue, June 23, 2026 at 1:34 AM UTC PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) – A storm system this Father's Day brought heavy rain to our area, along with a tornado outbreak across Southern Illinois. Most of central Illinois was left with 1-3″ of rain and flooding along the Illinois River.
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Storms bring damaging winds and heavy rains to central Illinois Original

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By Chris Yates Verified
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PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Multiple rounds of severe storms impacted central Illinois on Wednesday bringing damaging wind gusts and very heavy rain. Our area was sparred from the worst of the tornadoes, but areas south of I-72 were not so fortunate with damage to homes and injuries reported. An outflow boundary from our morning storms struggled to get any further north than highway 136, which was about 30 miles south of what was anticipated early this morning.
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