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EF1 tornado in Logan County, Illinois

Tornado April 18, 2024 · Logan County, Illinois

EF1
Rating
5.9 mi
Whole path
200 yd
Path width
1
Injury

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 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

The tornado touched down about three mile west-southwest of Latham where it snapped off around 10 trees. The tornado was eventually sighted by a spotter about a half mile southwest of Latham, damaging some trees by a home and scouring the ground in the field as it headed toward Latham. The damage in Latham was mainly to trees, with one business having its roof blown off. The tornado dissipated on the east side of Latham at Highway 121. A semi truck was overturned on Route 121, resulting in minor injuries to the driver.

The wider storm

A slow moving frontal system aided the development of supercell thunderstorms by mid-afternoon, which eventually grew upscale into a line segment as they progressed across central and southeastern Illinois during the evening. A total of four tornadoes occurred across Logan and Macon counties in central Illinois. One injury occurred in Logan County when a semi-truck was blown over by one of the tornadoes. In addition to the tornadoes, scattered wind damage also occurred.

Began near Narita (39.9600, -89.2200).

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 1166919. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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