Thunderstorm Wind — Clay, Illinois

2024-05-26 · near Flora Muni Arpt, Clay, Illinois

Event narrative

Several trees were blown down and power was out in the area.

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 1183283. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.