EF1 tornado in Vermilion County, Illinois

A tornado touched down 2 miles southwest of Hoopeston about a half mile south of IL-9 and just east of North 1300 East Road at 7:44pm CDT. The tornado overturned an irrigation pivot, then crossed IL-1 and damaged the roof of a tractor dealership. As it skirted along the southern edge of Hoopeston, it damaged numerous trees and stripped shingles off a few homes. The tornado then strengthened as it reached the intersection of IL-9 and North 1700 East Road where it snapped trees and damaged the roof of a home. Further east, it flattened an outbuilding and damaged several more trees as it entered Cheneyville. Significant damage to a couple buildings southwest of Cheneyville near the intersection of IL-9 and North 1900 East Road was determined to be rear-flank downdraft winds of up to 100mph. The tornado dissipated southeast of the intersection of East 4200 North Road and North 2100 East Road at 7:52pm 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.