EFU Tornado — Hancock, Illinois

2023-08-06 · near Durham, Hancock, Illinois

8.0 mi

Path length

20 yds

Path width

Event narrative

A storm chaser shared a video evidence of multiple brief touch downs of suction vortices. The chaser video shows three distinct tornado locations along this path. No reports of damage have been received. The touch downs were very sporadic along a path of 8 miles.

Wider weather episode

A strong storm system and its attendant surface low moved across the area during the late afternoon and evening hours. This led to a tornado briefly touching down multiple times as a storm moved eastward near the town of La Harpe. The tornado was rated EF-U as there were no visible signs of damage.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1129596. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.