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EF1 tornado in Montgomery County, Illinois
Tornado March 7, 2017 · Montgomery County, Illinois
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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
A tornado formed on east side of Irving and moved northeast. The bulk of the damage was EF0 with downed large tree limbs and partial removal of metal covering of farm outbuildings. A couple of grain bins, empty, were tossed into fields about 100 to 200 yards, on North 16th Avenue, just west of Witt Trail. One home east of Witt had the chimney blown off. A barn at the same location was pushed such that it ended up leaning about 6 inches off center. The tornado lifted and dissipated on Hillside Avenue about a quarter of a mile east of the intersection with East 22nd Road. Overall, the tornado was rated EF1 with a path length of 7.17 miles and a max path width of 100 yards.
The wider storm
As a cold front moved across the region, a squall line developed and moved rapidly east across the forecast area. There were numerous reports of damaging winds, large hail and 8 tornadoes.
Began near Irving (39.2061, -89.3969).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 686717. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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