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EF0 tornado in Adams County, Illinois

Tornado July 6, 2025 · Adams County, Illinois

EF0

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A brief EF-0 tornado occurred near Bingham causing damage to a few farm outbuildings and crops. Video evidence confirmed the tornado.

The wider storm

Numerous thunderstorms developed along and ahead of a cold front during the late morning into early afternoon of July 6th. The high moisture/low shear environment was favorable for wet microbursts and heavy rainfall. Thunderstorms generally acted as expected given the environment, with wind damage and flash flooding occurring. A tornado also impacted western Fayette County in the late afternoon.

Began near Beverly (39.0859, -89.1811).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1272879. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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