EF0 tornado in Fulton County, Illinois

A tornado touched down southwest of the intersection of Lovers Lane and North County Highway 12 about 2 miles southwest of Ipava at 5:17pm CDT. Drone footage showed that the tornado initially touched down in a field, then tracked northeastward through a solar farm where it tossed a few solar panels. It then damaged crops as it headed toward Ipava and eventually crossed Bernadotte Street just south of West Main Street. Video showed a very weak tornado passing through Ipava: however, no damage was noted in the footage. The tornado dissipated on the northeast side of Ipava near the intersection of East Mechanic Street and North Kinsey Street at 5:22pm CDT.

A strong storm system interacted with a highly unstable and sheared environment to produce a significant severe weather outbreak across central Illinois during the late afternoon and evening of June 11th. Scattered supercell thunderstorms initially developed west of the I-55 corridor along a pre-frontal trough during the afternoon. One of these storms produced an EF-3 tornado that impacted portions of Woodford and Marshall counties and dropped tennis ball-sized hail (2.50 diameter). Additional cells rapidly developed further west across southeastern Iowa into northern Missouri ahead of an advancing cold front. These storms congealed into a line and pushed eastward into central Illinois during the evening. Widespread damaging wind gusts of 60-70mph occurred with the line along and north of the I-72 corridor. After storm surveys were completed, it was discovered an additional 8 tornadoes were embedded within the line...creating pockets of enhanced damage.