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DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - More than 25,000 customers are without power following severe weather Thursday across Central Illinois. 

At 6 a.m. Friday, PowerOutage.com reported the following counties with outages:

  • Sangamon County - 6,100
  • Logan County - 900
  • De Witt County - 900
  • Macon County - 3,200
  • Champaign County - 4,700
  • Vermilion County - 16,000
  • Christian County - 400
  • Moultrie County - 1,200
  • Iroquois County - 2,800
  • Coles County - 3,255
  • Douglas County - 500
  • Piatt County - 1,600

Strong storms produced several tornado warnings Thursday afternoon into the evening hours.  

At their peak, outages were above 35,000.

Thursday's storms produced damaging winds, heavy rains, and possible tornadoes. The storms followed a round of severe weather late Wednesday night. 

An estimated time for power to be fully restored is unknown. 

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