EF2 tornado in McDonough County, Illinois
Tornado March 15, 2016 · McDonough County, Illinois
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through McDonough County → Warren County → Fulton County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 400 yards (0.23 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
An EF-2 tornado with winds estimated at 115 mph touched down north of Good Hope Illinois in McDonough County. It traveled northeast, crossing into Warren County west of Prairie City and eventually into Fulton County. Several homes were severely damaged with most of the damage occurring to farm outbuildings and trees.
The wider storm
A strong area of low pressure and associated warm front tracked northeast from Missouri into northern Illinois late in the day. Numerous severe thunderstorms developed over the region, bringing large hail, damaging winds, and several tornadoes to the area. The warm front lifting north was a focus area for tornadic supercells.
Began near Good Hope (40.5621, -90.6736).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 625077. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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