Thunderstorm Wind — Clay, Illinois

2024-05-26 · near Xenia, Clay, Illinois

Event narrative

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.

Wider weather episode

Supercell thunderstorms developed along an outflow boundary from central Missouri into south-central Illinois along the I-70 corridor during the late afternoon and evening of May 26th. The storms eventually congealed into a line and swept eastward, causing significant wind damage across the southern portions of Clay, Richland, and Lawrence counties. Damage surveys revealed two tornadoes touched down...an EF-2 in Clay County northwest of Xenia and an EF-1 in Lawrence County south of Sumner.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1183277. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.