EF1 tornado in Washington County, Illinois

As the EF4 tornado dissipated, another tornado formed one mile to the east on Sycamore Road just west of intersection with Peach Tree Road. At this location, a barn had several of its walls collapsed on the south side of Sycamore Road. The tornado then travelled to the northeast. It crossed Peach Tree Road and destroyed a barn about four tenths of a mile north of Sycamore Road. It continued to the northeast causing sporadic tree damage. The most widespread damage occurred near the Flying M Ranch Golf Course, about 3 miles southwest of the city limits of Centralia, Illinois. In this area the tornado lifted some panels off of a barn roof on Kuhn Road and caused significant roof damage to a house on County Highway 18 just south of Klub House Lane. The damage to the house was rated EF1. Just northeast of the house, the golf course club house sustained considerable roof damage and several windows were blown out. The tornado continued to the northeast crossing from Washington County into far southeastern Clinton County, about a third of a mile west of Wilkin Road. The path length of the tornado in Washington County was 3.58 miles with a max path width of 100 yards. The damage for this segment was estimated to be EF1 with max wind speeds of 95 to 100 MPH. Overall, the entire tornado path length was 4.76 miles with a max path width of 100 yards and a maximum damage rating of EF1.

Strong cold front moved through the region with plenty of lift, moisture and instability. Numerous severe storms developed and raced east across forecast area. There were numerous reports of large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes. Also, because of a tight gradient with this system non-thunderstorm winds gusted in excess of 40 mph in a number of locations.