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EF0 tornado in St. Clair County, Illinois

Tornado April 20, 2025 · St. Clair County, Illinois

EF0

Rating

0.8 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$10K

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 brief and weak tornado touched down on Schwab Road, southwest of Millstadt at 8:14 PM. It destroyed an outbuilding and produced tree damage along Schwab Road with winds estimated as high as 85 mph. The tornado dissipated shortly thereafter at 8:15 PM. The tornado was rated EF-0 with a path length of 0.75 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 Floraville (38.4161, -90.0543).

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 Adams County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1242859. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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