Funnel Cloud — Livingston, Illinois

2025-05-20 · near Reading, Livingston, Illinois

Event narrative

A storm chaser shared a video of a rotating funnel cloud near Reading. It was not conclusive from the video whether the funnel was in contact with the ground and no damage was reported.

Wider weather episode

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

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1250286. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.