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EF1 tornado in McDonough County, Illinois

Tornado April 4, 2023 · McDonough County, Illinois

EF1

Rating

30.9 mi

Whole path

350 yd

Path width

Injuries

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through McDonough County → Fulton County → Fulton County → Fulton County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 350 yards (0.20 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

An EF1 tornado touched down south of Industry, Illinois near highway 67 damaging barns, outbuildings, and snapping many large hardwood trees. The tornado continued to track to the northeast causing significant damage to several empty large grain bins and destroying a portion of a roof of a house. Occasional damage was found to trees, outbuildings, and grain bins across far east-central McDonough County as the tornado appeared to be dissipating just before the McDonough-Fulton County line. The tornado was on the ground for 8.31 miles with a maximum width of 350 yards. Its peak estimated wind speed was 105 MPH.

The wider storm

Two rounds of severe thunderstorms occurred on April 4th. Round 2 of severe thunderstorms arrived during the late afternoon, with all modes of severe weather seen. Most notably, an EF1 tornado developed near Industry IL, and tracked northeast through McDonough County before lifting prior to entering Fulton County.

Began near Industry (40.3100, -90.6000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1092556. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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