Thunderstorm Wind — Richland, Illinois

2024-05-26 · near Gallagher, Richland, Illinois

Event narrative

Trees and power lines were blown down across the roadway near 700 North and 700 East.

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 1183295. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.