EF1 tornado in Champaign County, Illinois

A tornado began just south of county road 2100, producing damage to trees and fencing near Sellers. The tornado continued northeast, producing additional damage to trees and farm outbuildings. Along county road 2600, approximately one mile west of Flatville, a small shed was blown over and shingle damage occurred to a house. The tornado continued northeast towards Gifford, producing shingle and siding damage to houses on the west side of Gifford and also flipping a few trailers. The tornado continued northeast, destroying two farm outbuildings near county road 3300 before dissipating.

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.