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EF0 tornado in Clinton County, Illinois

Tornado May 26, 2024 · Clinton County, Illinois

EF0
Rating
10.5 mi
Whole path
500 yd
Path width
$26K
Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through St. Clair County → Clinton County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 500 yards (0.28 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

After crossing into Clinton County, the tornado tracked through the far southern portions of New Baden. On Illinois Route 160 on the southeast side of New Baden half the roof of a business was ripped off. Also, a small shed had minor shingle damage. As the tornado tracked through Damiansville it broke off numerous large tree limbs around town. It continued to track to the southeast. After crossing Boot Hill Road it snapped off a few more large tree limbs before lifting and dissipating. The tornado was rated EF1 in Clinton County with a path length of 7.56 miles and a max path width of 500 yards. Overall, the tornado was rated EF1 with a path length of 10.5 miles and a max path width of 500 yards. No deaths or injuries were reported.

The wider storm

During the afternoon and early evening of May 26, 2024, ten tornadoes touched down in the St. Louis metropolitan area and southwest Illinois from a mix of supercells and QLCS modes. This occurred alongside numerous reports of large hail of up to 2.5 inches in diameter and damaging winds of up to 81 mph. Thankfully, there were no reported injuries or fatalities with these thunderstorms.

Began near New Baden (38.5300, -89.7051).

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 1181719. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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