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Tornado in Montgomery County, Illinois

Tornado July 21, 2020 · Montgomery County, Illinois

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Not rated

0.2 mi

Path length

10 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 10 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Emergency management relayed a report of a brief tornado just northeast of intersection of Black Diamond Trail and North 35th Avenue. The tornado occurred over a field, resulting in no observed damage. The tornado was rated EFU (Unknown) with a path length 0.2 miles and max path width of 10 yards.

The wider storm

A remnant MCV moved across the region triggering showers and storms. Some of the storms became severe and produced damaging winds and large hail.

Began near White Oak (39.5135, -89.5666).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 909308. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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