Kevin Lighty

Champaign

Chief Meteorologist at WCIA-TV (Champaign, IL)

5X Emmy Nominated AMS & NWA sealed Chief Meteorologist @WCIA3 📺@WBGLradio 📻 Storm Chaser. Poker Player. DJ. Cubs season tix holder. Part 107 FAA Drone Pilot.

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Rainfall Reports 5/19 - 5/20

1 month ago | wcia.com | Adam Sherwinski |Jacob Dickey |Kevin Lighty |Seth Bohnhoff

We had multiple days of rain here in Central Illinois that included severe weather on Tuesday. Here are some reports from the last few days. NOTE: Some of these CoCoRaHS reports came from areas outside of towns. The nearest town was used to identify the location. Learn more how you can become a CoCoRaHS observer and what the program does here. HAVE A REPORT TO SHARE? CLICK HERE.
Severe weather blog - May 16, 2025

1 month ago | wcia.com | Bradley Zimmerman |Kevin Lighty |Jacob Dickey |Adam Sherwinski

CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — Severe weather is moving through Central Illinois, and with it comes a stream of updates and photos/videos from viewers. Follow along below for updates as they come into WCIA’s newsroom.
WATCH LIVE: WCIA-3 SEVERE WEATHER COVERAGE

Mar 15, 2025 | wcia.com | Seth Bohnhoff |Kevin Lighty |Jacob Dickey |Adam Sherwinski

Weather Alert3 MORE ALERTSTornado Watch: Clark County, Crawford County, Edgar County, Ford County, Iroquois County, Jasper County, Vermilion County
WX BLOG: Messy Winter System Moves Through Illinois Today

Feb 12, 2025 | wcia.com | Kevin Lighty |Adam Sherwinski

Posted: Feb 12, 2025 / 02:01 PM CST Updated: Feb 12, 2025 / 09:06 PM CST SHARE 9:00 PMAn accident along I-74 westbound just before University exit near Champaign. 8:05 PMAn accident along Curtis road near Mattis has a car in a ditch in Champaign. 7:30 PMAn accident along I-57 northbound near Curtis road exit tonight has a car in a ditch.
WX BLOG: Messy Winter System Moves Through Illinois Today

Feb 12, 2025 | yahoo.com | Kevin Lighty

Winter Weather Center: Live Traffic Updates Weather Map Room: Live Current Conditions Snow Bear Closings and Delays 4:30 PMI-57 near Tolono. Main roads in the area looking decent. Shout out to salt/plow drivers out there today. More of the rural roads may be slick especially in areas where some freezing drizzle is occurring. 2:05 PMRoads are deteriorating in Central Illinois. Our worst spots so far are in our western and northern counties.
Rantoul family wakes up to tree destroying mobile home

May 22, 2024 | mywabashvalley.com | Danny Connolly |Kevin Lighty

by: Danny Connolly, Kevin Lighty Posted: May 22, 2024 / 04:24 PM EDT Updated: May 22, 2024 / 04:24 PM EDT RANTOUL, Ill. (WCIA) — Parts of Central Illinois woke up to damage from the previous night’s severe weather on Wednesday morning. Heavy winds swept across some of the area Tuesday night causing damage. In Rantoul, heavy winds caused a tree to snap and fall over onto a mobile home.
Rantoul family wakes up to tree destroying mobile home

May 22, 2024 | yahoo.com | Kevin Lighty

RANTOUL, Ill. (WCIA) — Parts of Central Illinois woke up to damage from the previous night’s severe weather on Wednesday morning. Heavy winds swept across some of the area Tuesday night causing damage. In Rantoul, heavy winds caused a tree to snap and fall over onto a mobile home. The family was sleeping inside when it all happened. Six people hurt, nine cars towed in Rt 54 dust storm crashes When the tree came crashing right through their ceiling, it landed in the room below.
Rantoul family wakes up to tree destroying mobile home

May 22, 2024 | wcia.com | Kevin Lighty |Danny Connolly

by: Kevin Lighty, Danny Connolly Posted: May 22, 2024 / 02:10 PM CDT Updated: May 22, 2024 / 02:10 PM CDT RANTOUL, Ill. (WCIA) — Parts of Central Illinois woke up to damage from the previous night’s severe weather on Wednesday morning. Heavy winds swept across some of the area Tuesday night causing damage. In Rantoul, heavy winds caused a tree to snap and fall over onto a mobile home.
WATCH: Mahomet Hen House demolished

Apr 18, 2024 | wcia.com | Danny Connolly |Kevin Lighty

by: Danny Connolly, Kevin Lighty Posted: Apr 18, 2024 / 01:29 PM CDT Updated: Apr 18, 2024 / 01:29 PM CDT MAHOMET, Ill. (WCIA) — A restaurant in the village of Mahomet was knocked down Thursday morning. WCIA 3 Chief Meteorologist Kevin Lighty filmed parts of the destruction through a drone. The restaurant previously closed in October, and its owner died in August.
WEATHER NOW: Wind chills in the teens the next few nights as colder air moves in

Feb 10, 2024 | news.yahoo.com | Kevin Lighty

We hope you enjoyed the warm weather today, because a 180 is in store tomorrow. A cold front moves through tonight and will make for some chilly temperatures right when we wake up Sunday. We will drop all the way down to the lower 30s and upper 20s tonight, and with the wind only letting up a little bit, the wind chill will probably be somewhere in the mid to lower 20s. Sunday’s highs will be a good 15-20 degrees colder than today’s.