EF2 Tornado — Fayette, Illinois

2025-04-30 · near Shobonier, Fayette, Illinois

Event narrative

Shortly before 7pm, the tornado formed just south of County Road 750 in Fayette County, southeast of Shobonier, damaging trees and structures at a farm. The tornado tracked northeastward through fields and pockets of trees before impacting farms along County Rd 1100. Shortly after this point, the tornado reached its maximum surveyed strength, where it leveled an outbuilding near the intersection of County Rd 1100 and E 900 Ave. The tornado continued northeastward, producing mainly tree damage and minor structural damage before dissipating shortly after crossing County Rd 1300 north of Augsburg. The tornado was rated EF-2 with a path length of 4.33 miles and a maximum path width of 150 yards.

Wider weather episode

The environment during the afternoon of April 30th was characterized by increased instability and increasing deep layer shear. This resulted in the development of discrete supercells ahead of a mesoscale convective complex moving northeast from Oklahoma. One particularly robust and long-lived supercell dropped up to 2 inch hail in Clinton County before producing 2 tornadoes in Fayette County.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1241879. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.