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EF1 tornado in Richland County, Illinois

Tornado June 17, 2022 · Richland County, Illinois

EF1

Rating

3.3 mi

Path length

60 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 60 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tornado touched down on Deer Farm Lane near North Passport Road 1 mile south-southeast of Passport at 6:36 AM CDT. The tornado knocked down multiple power poles, then tracked east-southeastward causing periodic tree damage and damage to the roofing of a barn. The tornado dissipated near the intersection of County Road 1300 North and North Higgin Switch Road about 4.5 miles northwest of Olney at 6:44 AM CDT.

The wider storm

A strong nocturnal low-level jet interacting with a nearly stationary frontal boundary triggered a Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) over northern Missouri during the pre-dawn hours of June 17th. The large thunderstorm cluster tracked east-southeastward along the boundary, producing significant wind damage and flash flooding. The storms were focused along and southeast of a Rushville...to Springfield...to Shelbyville...to Robinson line. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. In addition, very heavy rainfall of 3 to 5 inches along and south of a Jacksonville to Effingham line created pockets of flash flooding.

Began near Passport (38.7746, -88.2455).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1035610. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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