Thunderstorm Wind in Menard County, Illinois

Thunderstorm Wind July 25, 2025 · Menard County, Illinois

60 mph

Estimated gust (52 kt)

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A few trees and tree branches were blown down.

The wider storm

An outflow boundary interacting with a warm and very humid airmass triggered a Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) over central Illinois during the late evening of July 25th. Nearly continuous lightning was observed with the storm cluster along with torrential rainfall rates of 2-3 inches per hour. The storms also created scattered minor wind damage from near Petersburg in Menard County northeastward to Waynesville in DeWitt County before gradually weakening later in the evening.

Began near Culver (40.0045, -89.7190).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1277322. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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