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EF0 tornado in Macoupin County, Illinois

Tornado March 14, 2024 · Macoupin County, Illinois

EF0
Rating
2.1 mi
Path length
100 yd
Path width
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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 weak tornado touched down 4.7 miles southwest of Carlinville on Shipman Road. At this location, it damaged a couple of small sheds, snapped off several large tree limbs, blew down a large tree and caused minor shingle damage to a house. As the tornado tracked to the southeast, it snapped off several more tree limbs and caused minor roof damage to another house on Stagecoach Road before lifting and dissipating 4.2 miles south southeast of Carlinville. Overall, the tornado was rated EF0 with a path length of 2.13 miles and a maximum width of 100 yards. The maximum sustained winds were estimated to be near 80 mph. No deaths or injuries were reported.

The wider storm

Just after sunrise, a quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) produced five confirmed EF-0 tornadoes. Four of these occurred in rural south-central Illinois, and another tracked through Charlack, Missouri in northern St. Louis County. No reported injuries or fatalities with these tornadoes. Also, there were a few reports of damaging winds and large hail.

Began near Macoupin Station (39.2310, -89.9410).

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 1168736. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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