EF1 tornado in Edgar County, Illinois

The tornado began one mile south of Paris near the intersection of east 750th Road and north 1400th St., where it leveled an outbuilding and snapped a tree, resulting in damage to a house. The tornado then tracked northeast, moving through the south and east parts of Paris where it damaged several homes, mobile homes, and trees. The tornado continued to snap and uproot trees as it tracked to the west and north of the Sycamore Hills County Club. The tornado then damaged numerous trees at properties along Indian Boundary Road. The tornado crossed an open field before downing a dozen power poles along east 1200 road before dissipating to the northeast.

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.