EF1 tornado in Montgomery County, Illinois

The tornado initially touched down just to the west of Interstate 55, along E 1st Road. Power poles were snapped in this location. The tornado continued to the northeast, doing some damage to farm buildings along N 17th Avenue. The tornado continued northeast towards Illinois Route 108 where several trees were snapped. The worst damage was along Illinois Route 48 just west of Raymond, IL where a family residence sustained major roof damage and damage to the garage. The tornado then lifted somewhere near N 23rd Avenue to the northwest of Raymond, IL. Overall, the tornado was rated EF1 with a path length of 8.02 miles and a max path width of 75 yards. No injuries or deaths were reported with this tornado.

By late morning much of the rain shifted north and east of forecast area allowing partial

clearing to destabilize the atmosphere. Steep lapse rates due to relatively cold mid level temperatures southeast of the upper level low combined with strong low-mid level wind shear due to an 80-kt mid level wind max southeast of the upper level low. This led to the development of isolated low topped supercells along the northward moving warm front and ahead of the eastward moving cold front. Eight tornadoes were surveyed over WFO LSX's forecast area.