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Tornado May 13, 2022 · McDonough County, Illinois

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Not rated
0.1 mi
Path length
10 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 10 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A storm chaser reported a nearly stationary landspout on the ground, kicking up dust. There was no observable damage to assign an EF-scale rating.

The wider storm

A line of showers and thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon of Friday, May 13, 2022 generally along and east of the Mississippi River in northwest Illinois. Some thunderstorms did become severe along that line, and produced all modes of severe weather including hail up to one inch, wind gusts to 60 MPH and three landspout tornadoes. One occurred near Good Hope IL, with the other two just south of Monmouth IL. Some reports of flooding were also received, especially near Roseville IL.

Began near Good Hope (40.5798, -90.6815).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1020621. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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