Thunderstorm Wind — Fayette, Illinois

2024-04-18 · near Hagarstown, Fayette, Illinois

Event narrative

Trees were downed across Illinois Route 140 at 300 Street and just east of Hagarstown. Trees were also downed in the Brownstown area. Additional cities in the path of this storm include Vandalia and Bluff City.

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 1172709. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.