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EF1 tornado in Randolph County, Illinois

Tornado March 14, 2025 · Randolph County, Illinois

EF1

Rating

33.1 mi

Whole path

175 yd

Path width

$5.2M

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Bollinger County, Missouri → Perry County, Missouri → Randolph County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 175 yards (0.10 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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

In Randolph County, most tornado damage occurred to trees. A few outbuildings did sustain significant damage to their roofs along the track. The tornado dissipated near Leanderville at approximately 11:55 PM. In Randolph County the tornado was rated EF-1 with a path length of 6.63 miles and a maximum path width of 175 yards. This is a continuation of a tornado that caused EF-1 damage in Bollinger County, MO and EF-2 damage in Perry County, MO.

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 Rockwood (37.8326, -89.7271).

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 EF1 Monroe County EF1 St. Clair County EF1 Fayette County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1241511. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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