EF1 tornado in Peoria County, Illinois

This tornado began four miles west of Dunlap in a wooded area northwest of the corner of west Legion Hall Road and north Mendenhall Road. It moved southeast where it produced significant tree damage on five different properties, and one homestead lost 40 trees. Many of the trees were very tall pine trees which were snapped. The tornado continued southeast, knocking a tree onto power lines along Evans Mill Road. It produced more tree damage along Fuecht Road, and then lifted in a field east of the road about two miles west-southwest of Dunlap.

On the evening of July 15, 2024, a derecho brought very strong winds, several tornadoes, and heavy rainfall to a good portion of the Midwest. Thunderstorms initiated over central Iowa during the late afternoon hours then quickly spread east-southeast through southern Wisconsin, the northern half of Illinois, southern Michigan, and the northern/central Indiana. The event produced significant tree damage, some structural damage, and 10 tornadoes within the NWS Lincoln County Warning Area, most of which were rated EF-0 or EF-1. Back building of storms into the morning of July 16, 2024, brought very heavy rainfall and flash flooding near and south of a Galesburg to Sullivan line. The heaviest rain fell over Fulton and Mason counties where 4-8 was reported, necessitating some road closures and producing damage to roadways in Fulton County. One indirect death occurred in Peoria County as part of this thunderstorm event.