EF0 Tornado — Woodford, Illinois

2024-07-15 · near Cazenovia, Woodford, Illinois

Event narrative

This tornado began two miles west-southwest of Cazenovia, north of Black Partridge Road, and moved southeast producing tree damage at three properties along the road. The worst tree damage was to a property west-northwest of the intersection of Black Partridge Road and Wienman Road. At this property, dozens of trees were damaged. The tornado continued southeast and produced damage to a cornfield. The damage could be seen in Sentinel satellite data. The tornado dissipated about three tenths of a mile southeast of the intersection of Black Partridge Road and Wienman Road.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1200027. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.