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Tornado in McDonough County, Illinois

Tornado May 19, 2024 · McDonough County, Illinois

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Not rated

0.6 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

Pictures and video from social media indicated a brief landspout tornado in open fields. No damage has been reported. Times and location estimated.

The wider storm

An isolated storm produced a weak tornado in east of Macomb Illinois, before a more widespread line of storms moved east through Iowa into Illinois in the overnight hours. The line of storms brought reports of large hail and damaging wind to portions of the area.

Began near Adair (40.4400, -90.4800).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1170548. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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