EF1 Tornado — Lawrence, Illinois

2024-05-26 · near Sumner, Lawrence, Illinois

Event narrative

A tornado touched down along East 250th Avenue just north of North 700th Street at 8:27 PM CDT. It damaged numerous trees as it tracked northeastward, then destroyed a small outbuilding and tore part of the roof off a house near the intersection of North 800th Street and East 450th Avenue. The tornado then caused minor damage to a home along North 850th Street before lifting just north of the intersection of North 850th Street and East 900th Avenue at 8:37 PM CDT.

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 1183330. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.