Thunderstorm Wind — Knox, Illinois

2024-08-15 · near Dahinda, Knox, Illinois

Event narrative

Several tree tops were broken off.

Wider weather episode

A cold front interacting with a highly unstable airmass triggered a line of severe thunderstorms across west-central Illinois during the evening of August 15th. The storms swept across Knox County, northern Peoria County, and Stark County...producing scattered wind damage and hail as large as quarters. One cell spawned a brief EF-1 tornado northwest of West Jersey in Stark County. The tornado caused mainly tree damage before quickly dissipating.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1212891. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.