Thunderstorm Wind — Marion, Illinois

2024-04-18 · near Junction City, Marion, Illinois

Event narrative

The Marion County Sheriff's Office reported a tree down on St. Peter Road at I-57 and a tree on State Route 61 Extension at Lincoln Road. There were other reports of trees uprooted or snapped and a roof blown off. Locations in the path of the storm were Centralia, Salem, Junction City, Sandoval, Odin, Kell, Alma, and Kinmundy.

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 1172707. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.