Thunderstorm Wind in Richland County, Illinois
Thunderstorm Wind May 26, 2024 · Richland County, Illinois
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A large tree limb was blown down across the roadway near 1000 North and 1600 East.
The wider storm
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.
Began near Claremont (38.7200, -88.0000).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1183297. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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