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EF0 tornado in Woodford County, Illinois

Tornado July 15, 2024 · Woodford County, Illinois

EF0
Rating
3.8 mi
Whole path
30 yd
Path width

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

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 30 yards (0.02 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 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

The tornado began two miles east-southeast of Minonk, near a residence on County Road 2000, producing damage to several trees. Sentinel satellite data showed the tornado tracked northeast through several corn fields, producing damage to the corn. The tornado damaged more trees at a residence on County Road 2100, very close to the Woodford-Livingston county line. The tornado then continued into Livingston County, where it produced damage to trees, corn, and utility poles before quickly dissipating after two tenths of a mile. The damage was rated EF-0 in both Woodford and Livingston counties.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Spires (40.8830, -88.9960).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

9 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1200030. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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