EF1 Tornado — Iroquois, Illinois

2025-04-02 · near Loda, Iroquois, Illinois

2.3 mi

Path length

400 yds

Path width

Event narrative

A tornado with estimated peak winds of 100 mph touched down in far southwest Iroquois County near the Ford County line. The tornado formed just east of County Road 300 E along County Road 600 N, causing damage to multiple utility poles. The tornado moved rapidly to the northeast causing damage to farm buildings along County Road 400 E. One large wood frame farm building with aluminum covering partially collapsed, killing at least 50 hogs. Another storage building had its east facing garage door blown out. The tornado continued northeast heavily damaging multiple farm buildings along E 100 North Road, just west of N 500 East Road. A small pickup truck was picked up and tipped over after being moved about 50 feet. The main house suffered broken windows and minor roof and siding damage. The tornado crossed N 500 East Road where several utility poles were snapped or broken. Two farm outbuildings collapsed but the main house suffered only very minor fascia and shingle damage. The tornado ended in a field just northeast of this area.

Wider weather episode

Thunderstorms moved across much of northeast Illinois during the late morning and early afternoon hours of April 2nd producing heavy rain, localized flooding and localized wind damage. Additional thunderstorms moved across mainly east central Illinois in the mid to late afternoon, producing two tornadoes and isolated wind damage.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1242829. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.