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EF0 tornado in Madison County, Illinois

Tornado March 14, 2025 · Madison County, Illinois

EF0

Rating

6.8 mi

Whole path

25 yd

Path width

$170K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through St. Clair County → Madison County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 25 yards (0.01 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

The tornado crossed into Madison County where it lifted the roof off of a farm outbuilding near the intersection of Rose Road and Cedar Road. It dissipated shortly after at approximately 10:33 PM. In Madison County the tornado was rated EF-0 with a path length of 0.91 miles and a maximum path width of 25 yards.

The wider storm

During the late afternoon of March 14, 2025, numerous severe thunderstorms developed across central Missouri and tracked east. After sunset, these thunderstorms began producing tornadoes, some strong, across portions of Missouri and Illinois. In total, 13 tornadoes touched down in the CWA, making it one of the most active outbreaks on record for the St. Louis CWA. Six of these tornadoes occurred at least partially in St. Louis's Illinois counties.

Began near Black Jack (38.6556, -89.7889).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

5 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF2 St. Charles County EF2 St. Clair County EF2 Perry County EF1 Monroe County EF1 Fayette County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1241484. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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