EF1 Tornado — Shelby, Illinois

2025-03-14 · near Strasburg, Shelby, Illinois

2.3 mi

Path length

100 yds

Path width

Event narrative

The tornado began near county road 1175N, damaging a few trees and destroying a small shed. It then traveled north-northeast, destroying a large pole barn near county road 1300N and North 2900 East Road. As the tornado continued northeast, it destroyed two grain bins and snapped over a half dozen power poles. It uprooted multiple hardwood trees about a quarter mile west of county road 3000E before dissipating.

Wider weather episode

A potent low pressure system progressed across the Midwest on Friday, March 14, 2025. Ahead of this system, temperatures soared nearly 30 degrees above normal with high temperatures reaching the low 80s across central Illinois. Into the evening and overnight hours, a cold front swept across Illinois, with a line of severe thunderstorms developing ahead of the front. These storms produced widespread damaging straight-line winds and eight tornadoes within the NWS Lincoln County Warning Area, all of which occurred in eastern Illinois. Two of these tornadoes were rated EF-2: one in Moultrie and Piatt counties, and another in Cumberland and Coles counties. The latter of these resulted in two injuries.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1240113. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.