Thunderstorm Wind — Menard, Illinois

2025-06-18 · near Atterberry, Menard, Illinois

Event narrative

Sentinel satellite imagery showed an area of mild crop damage oriented towards the northeast. The area of crop damage extended from near the intersection of Fairgrounds Street and Cape Horn Hill Road northeast towards the Sangamon River, ending at Wilken Avenue.

Wider weather episode

A mesoscale convective vortex, or MCV, moved into central Illinois late on the morning of Wednesday, June 18th. Moderate instability developed ahead of this feature, and as scattered storms formed they quickly obtained rotation due to shear from the MCV. A total of 14 tornadoes occurred within the NWS Central Illinois county warning area, mainly west of I-55. One minor injury occurred when winds associated with a tornado tossed a woman against her home in Morgan County. Across eastern Illinois, a line of storms developed during the afternoon, mainly producing wind damage before shifting east into Indiana. A wake low developed after the MCV passed, resulting in a short period of non-thunderstorm wind gusts, generally between 45 and 55 mph. The highest non-thunderstorm wind gust associated with the wake low was 58 mph.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1261367. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.