Power outages in Lee County after storm line strikes Wednesday morning

Power outages affecting about 1,000 residences were reported in Compton, West Brooklyn, Paw Paw and in the vicinity of Franklin Grove, Lee County Emergency Management Agency reported on its Facebook page Wednesday morning.

A check with ComEd’s outage map showed six reported outages affecting more than 700 residences throughout Lee County. Another 68 residences were without power in Whiteside County, ComEd said.

By 11 a.m., there were still 566 Lee County residences without power, the ComEd outage map showed.

The outages came in the aftermath of the final wave of three storms fronts that hit the area since 11 a.m. Tuesday.

This one arrived in the Sauk Valley at 5:40 a.m. Wednesday, prompting tornado warnings in the vicinity of Ohio in Bureau County and Amboy in Lee County when weather radar detected storm rotation.

The remainder of the Sterling, Rock Falls and Dixon region was subjected to a morning thunderstorm.

The storm front that formed was elongated across three states, a crescent-shaped line extending from Fon du Lac, Wisconsin to Jefferson City, Missouri. Thunderstorm warnings were issued from Madison, Wisconsin to Henry, Illinois.

The Lee County 911 center posted on its Facebook site its storm-related call volume during the last two large-scale weather events. On March 31, it received 91 total calls, 31 for 911 and 60 to county or Dixon law enforcement. On Tuesday, it took 96 calls, 27 for 911 and 69 for the sheriff and Dixon police.