EF0 tornado in Sangamon County, Illinois

This is a continuation of a tornado that touched down in the National Weather Service St. Louis County Warning Area (CWA) in Montgomery County at 5:18 PM CDT. The tornado crossed into the National Weather Service Central Illinois CWA in far southern Sangamon County at 5:25 PM CDT. Damage occurred to approximately 15 acres of a cornfield before the tornado dissipated 2.7 miles south of Divernon at 5:26 PM CDT.

Low pressure tracked from near Kansas City on the morning of July 15th to southern Lake Michigan by midnight on July 16th. The low interacted with an unstable and very moist environment to produce a Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) over eastern Kansas into Missouri, which then pushed into west-central Illinois by the mid to late morning of July 15th. Several rounds of convection moved across the Illinois River Valley through the afternoon, producing heavy rain and isolated wind damage. The heaviest rainfall of 5 to 7 inches was focused across Tazewell, Woodford, and far eastern Peoria counties where significant flash flooding occurred. In addition, 5 weak tornadoes touched down...including 2 in Tazewell County, 1 in McLean County, 1 in Morgan County, and 1 in Montgomery County which then crossed into southern Sangamon County. Minor damage was reported with some of the tornadoes: however, no injuries or deaths occurred.