Tornado in Henry County, Illinois
Tornado May 24, 2024 · Henry County, Illinois
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 10 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A video from the public showed a tornado crossing Route 78, northwest of Hooppole, IL. There was no damage reported. The tornado is rated EF-unknown.
The wider storm
A long-lasting complex of severe thunderstorms, known as a derecho, tracked from central Nebraska through northwest Illinois during the late night hours May 23rd, to the morning of May 24th. This resulted in frequent wind damage reports and embedded tornadoes. There were 16 tornadoes confirmed in the NWS Quad Cities warning area. The four strongest tornadoes all had maximum winds near 110 mph (EF1), and those were the Delta, IA; Wellman to Frytown, IA; Bennett to Lowden, IA; and Coyne Center, IL tornadoes. This was the most tornadoes in a single event for the NWS Quad Cities warning area since the March 31, 2023 outbreak.
Began near Hooppole (41.5461, -89.9302).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1177438. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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