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EF0 tornado in Adams County, Illinois

Tornado October 30, 2024 · Adams County, Illinois

EF0

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$25K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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

An EF-0 tornado formed at 1130pm CDT just east of South 24th St. off of Lake Dr. North. As it quickly moved eastward, it produced sporadic tree damage and then minor structural in Payson Heights. From there, it continued eastward, producing sporadic tree damage, including several trees uprooted or snapped, before dissipating at Schildt Ln. The tornado had a path length of 0.35 miles and a max path width of 100 yards. No deaths or injuries were reported.

The wider storm

During the very late evening and early morning hours of October 30th and 31st, a severe QLCS passed through the forecast area. This line produced wind gusts of up to 81 mph east of Quincy. It also produced one tornado during its passage.

Began near Quincy (39.8950, -91.3754).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1217082. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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