EF1 Tornado — Knox, Illinois

2025-04-20 · near Victoria, Knox, Illinois

Event narrative

A tornado touched down just south of Highway 167 about a mile west of Victoria at 8:39 PM CDT. The tornado snapped 4 power poles along Highway 167, then tracked northeastward and damaged numerous trees and a few outbuildings before passing through the Galva Cemetery and crossing into the National Weather Service Quad Cities County Warning Area in Henry County at 8:49 PM CDT.

Wider weather episode

A warm front lifted northward through central Illinois during the afternoon of April 20th...allowing temperatures to climb well into the 70s. As a cold front approached from the west, scattered strong to severe thunderstorms developed in the Illinois River Valley by early evening. A few of the cells began rotating, especially as they approached the warm front along and north of the I-74 corridor. Three tornadoes touched down...including 2 EF-1 tornadoes in Knox County and another EF-1 in Tazewell County. Other cells produced scattered wind damage mainly west of I-55, with an isolated damaging wind gust occurring further southeast in Clay County later in the evening as the storms advanced eastward to the Indiana border.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1249450. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.