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EF0 tornado in Adams County, Illinois

Tornado April 20, 2025 · Adams County, Illinois

EF0

Rating

8.2 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$120K

Damage as recorded

EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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

A weak tornado touched down along Hickman Road at 7:04 PM and destroyed an outbuilding with winds estimated as strong as 85 mph. It then moved northeast through Bailey Park and produced roof damage to another outbuilding along E 2400th Street near N 2150th Ave. The tornado continued to move northeast past Golden, IL and produced roof damage to multiple outbuildings along E 2700th Street between N 2500th Ave and N 2600th Ave before dissipating just north of N 2600th Ave at 7:10 PM. The tornado was rated EF-0 with a path length of 8.17 miles and a maximum path width of 100 yards.

The wider storm

During the early evening of Sunday, April 20, 2025 (Easter Sunday) a line of severe thunderstorms responsible for multiple tornadoes and wind damage in Missouri crossed into Illinois. The line went on to produce 6 tornadoes spanning west-central, south-central, and southwest Illinois and no shortage of wind damage.

Began near Camp Pt (40.0496, -91.0777).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Monroe County EF1 Monroe County EF1 Randolph County EF0 Adams County EF0 St. Clair County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1242849. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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