Severe thunderstorms passed through the WGEL listening area Saturday afternoon and Sunday evening.
The National Weather Service began issuing severe thunderstorm warnings Saturday around 3 PM. Bond, Clinton, Madison, and Macoupin Counties were all impacted by numerous warnings, including one tornado warning for a small portion of Madison County. While the rain continued into the evening, the worst of the severe weather was over, and the warnings had all expired, by 4:30 PM.
We had a report of 3.2 inches of rain in the Greenville area Saturday afternoon/evening and numerous roadways were flooded following the heavy rains.
Another severe thunderstorm watch was called Sunday afternoon, running through 10 PM. While a few scattered thunderstorm warnings were issued in nearby counties, Bond County escaped severe weather Sunday, however rainfall was heavy.
