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EF0 tornado in Ogle County, Illinois

Tornado April 2, 2026 · Ogle County, Illinois

EF0

Rating

2.6 mi

Path length

350 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 350 yards (0.20 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

An NWS damage survey confirmed that an EF-0 tornado with estimated peak winds of 85 mph tracked through the community of Holcomb in northeastern Ogle County. The tornado caused extensive tree damage in Holcomb, damaged a few farm outbuildings, and caused a grain leg to collapse onto railroad tracks.

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 Holcomb (42.0584, -89.1175).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Whiteside County EF1 Ogle County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1331365. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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