Thunderstorm Wind in Calhoun County, Illinois

Thunderstorm Wind June 25, 2015 · Calhoun County, Illinois

64 mph

Estimated gust (56 kt)

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Thunderstorm winds flattened several corn fields near Brussels and Golden Eagle. Also, numerous tree limbs were blown down.

The wider storm

A frontal boundary was slowly sinking south across forecast area. Several rounds of storms developed and moved east along the front dumping up to 8 inches of rain in a 24 hour period from 7 am June 25th to 7 am June 26th. This caused considerable flash flooding, especially in Lincoln County Missouri and Calhoun County Illinois. There were also numerous reports of damaging winds and large hail.

Began near Brussels (38.9527, -90.5867).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 597824. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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