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Tornado in Ford County, Illinois

Tornado May 20, 2025 · Ford County, Illinois

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Not rated

0.7 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

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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.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Based on an eyewitness account from an emergency manager and a video shared on social media, a brief tornado occurred northeast of the intersection of State Route 9 and N 1600 Road, west of Paxton. The tornado lasted approximately 90 seconds, and did not produce any known damage.

The wider storm

Scattered severe thunderstorms moved across portions of east central Illinois during the afternoon of May 20th producing hail and one brief tornado.

Began near Perdueville (40.4633, -88.1537).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1250280. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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