Thunderstorm Wind — Champaign, Illinois

2025-08-16 · near Homer Arpt, Champaign, Illinois

Event narrative

Drone footage and Sentinel satellite data showed circular damage to corn just west of the Vermilion County line and north of County Road 1100 North...consistent with a microburst.

Wider weather episode

Scattered thunderstorms formed along an outflow boundary along the I-74 corridor during the late afternoon and evening of August 16th. One of the cells produced a brief EF-U tornado northeast of Homer in far western Vermilion County. Other storms dropped hail as large as quarters and caused minor wind damage.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1289055. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.