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Tornado in Jasper County, Illinois

Tornado August 5, 2023 · Jasper County, Illinois

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Not rated

0.1 mi

Path length

20 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 20 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 tornado briefly touched down in an open field just south of Mound Church about 3 miles northeast of Willow Hill at 5:30 PM CDT. It quickly dissipated about 1 minute later, with no damage being reported.

The wider storm

A cold front triggered a broken line of strong to severe thunderstorms across southeast Illinois during the late afternoon of August 5th. One of the cells produced a brief tornado touchdown in rural Jasper County about 3 miles northeast of Willow Hill. No damage was reported.

Began near Willow Hill (39.0200, -87.9700).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1147720. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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