EF1 Tornado — Macoupin, Illinois

2024-04-18 · near Standard City, Macoupin, Illinois

Event narrative

A brief, weak tornado touched down 2.7 miles south of Standard City, to the west of Standard City Road. crossing Standard City Road. In this location it caused moderate roof damage to three farm buildings before moving to the south southeast. It crossed Standard City Road and broke several large limbs off of trees before lifting and dissipating. Overall, the tornado was rated EF1 (max wind speed of 95 mph) with a path length of 0.23 miles and a max path width of 75 yards. No deaths or injuries were reported.

Wider weather episode

During the afternoon and evening of April 18, 2024, discrete supercell thunderstorms developed along a cold front moving through the bi-state area. These storms were initially mainly capable of producing large hail and damaging wind gusts, but become tornadic as additional thunderstorms formed along the front. Due to the additional thunderstorms storms congealed into a QLCS that impacted portions of southwestern Illinois. The QLCS was responsible for several tornadoes and instances of straight line wind damage in this part of the area. Fortunately, no injuries or fatalities were reported with these thunderstorms.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1172681. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.