EF1 tornado in Ford County, Illinois

Tornado June 13, 2024 · Ford County, Illinois

EF1

Rating

8.5 mi

Whole path

1,300 yd

Path width

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through McLean County → McLean County → Ford County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 1,300 yards (0.74 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

An NWS damage survey confirmed an EF-1 tornado with peak winds around 110 mph began in McLean County and crossed into Ford County before lifting just northwest of Gibson City. While in the WFO Chicago CWA, the tornado produced mostly tree and power line damage in addition to damage to a few grain bins.

The wider storm

One lone thunderstorm on the morning of the 13th produced severe winds over portions of the Chicago metro. Additional clusters of strong to severe storms developed that afternoon and evening mainly impacting areas south of I-80 with severe winds and one tornado.

Began near Garber (40.5056, -88.4592).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1186814. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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