Thunderstorm Wind — Shelby, Illinois

2025-07-06 · near Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois

Event narrative

A tree was blown onto power lines.

Wider weather episode

A slow-moving cold front interacting with a moderately unstable but weakly sheared environment triggered clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms primarily along and south of a Paris to Taylorville line during the afternoon of July 6th. A couple of the cells produced wind gusts of around 60mph, resulting in isolated wind damage in parts of Coles and Shelby counties.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1261861. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.