Thunderstorm Wind in Franklin County, Illinois
Thunderstorm Wind October 19, 2025 · Franklin County, Illinois
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A large tree limb was snapped and fell onto the roof of a house in Christopher.
The wider storm
A small cluster of thunderstorms developed and moved all the way across southern Illinois in the early morning. The storms formed just ahead of a strong, sharp 500mb trough in an area of strong upper divergence associated with a small 120kt 300mb jet. Most unstable CAPE was only around 250J/kg, but mid-level lapse rates were 6.5-7 C/km and low-level lapse rates were 6-6.5 C/km. Right near the trough line, the shear was negligible. The storms began to produce damaging winds across eastern portions of Perry County and then solidified into a persistent bow echo over Franklin County. It produced damaging winds as it moved northeast through McLeansboro and into White county.
Began near Christopher (37.9700, -89.0500).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1298143. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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