EFU Tornado — Macoupin, Illinois

2024-04-18 · near Barr, Macoupin, Illinois

Event narrative

After crossing into Macoupin County, the tornado continued to the northeast before dissipating near intersection of Spruce Road and McClelland Road. The tornado may have lifted and touched down multiple times. No damage indicators were found in Macoupin County, thus the tornado was rated EFU with an approximate path length of 0.63 miles. Overall, the path length was 4.31 miles.

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 1173219. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.