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EF2 tornado in Rock Island County, Illinois

Tornado June 22, 2015 · Rock Island County, Illinois

EF2

Rating

4.2 mi

Path length

440 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 440 yards (0.25 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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

Several homes were heavily damaged with roofs torn off along with several detached garages destroyed. Large tree trunks were snapped and trees uprooted. Peak winds of 120 mph were associated with this tornado.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms produced both significant straight line winds and tornadoes as they moved east through Whiteside County the evening of June 22nd.

Began near Edgington (41.3839, -90.7945).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF1 Whiteside County EF1 Whiteside County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 590446. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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