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EF1 tornado in Ogle County, Illinois

Tornado April 2, 2026 · Ogle County, Illinois

EF1

Rating

0.6 mi

Path length

80 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 80 yards (0.05 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 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

An NWS damage survey confirmed that a brief EF-1 tornado with estimated peak winds of 105 mph impacted a few properties along Ridge Road in southern Ogle County. One house had two-thirds of its roof removed by the tornado and several trees were damaged by the tornado as well.

The wider storm

Scattered thunderstorms moved across portions of northern Illinois during the evening of April 2nd producing wind damage and three tornadoes.

Began near Grand Detour (41.9427, -89.4146).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Whiteside County EF0 Ogle County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1331364. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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