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EF1 Tornado — Fayette, Illinois

2025-03-14 · near Hagarstown, Fayette, Illinois

$110K

Property damage

13.4 mi

Path length

400 yds

Path width

Event narrative

At approximately 11:11 PM a tornado began just southwest of Hagarstown, IL in Fayette County and continued northeastward for 13.4 miles through Vandalia, IL before dissipating southwest of Sefton, IL in Fayette County around 11:23 PM. The worst damage occurred northeast of Vandalia, where several trees were uprooted. This tornado was assigned a rating of EF-1 with a maximum wind speed of 90 mph.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1241510. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.