EF1 tornado in Fulton County, Illinois

Tornado March 14, 2024 · Fulton County, Illinois

EF1

Rating

1.1 mi

Whole path

125 yd

Path width

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 125 yards (0.07 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

This tornado initially touched down in the National Weather Service Quad Cities County Warning Area (CWA) in eastern Warren County, then crossed into far northwestern Fulton County about 2 miles northwest of Avon at 4:36 AM CDT. It broke a few large tree branches in Fulton County before quickly dissipating at 4:37 AM CDT.

The wider storm

A nearly stationary frontal boundary extending from northern Indiana to northern Missouri triggered several bands of thunderstorms across west-central Illinois during the pre-dawn hours of March 14th. One of the storms produced an EF-1 tornado in eastern Warren County that crossed into far northwestern Fulton County north of Avon before dissipating. No injuries were reported.

Began near Avon (40.6867, -90.4448).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1171535. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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