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Thunderstorm Wind in Clark County, Illinois

Thunderstorm Wind March 27, 2021 · Clark County, Illinois

60 mph

Estimated gust (52 kt)

$10K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A semi truck was blown over on I-70 at mile marker 141.

The wider storm

A cold front interacting with a highly sheared, but only modestly unstable environment triggered clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms across south-central Illinois during the late afternoon and early evening of March 27th. Some of the cells produced wind gusts of 60-70 mph and hail as large as half-dollars...primarily across portions of Sangamon and Christian counties.

Began near Clark Center (39.3900, -87.7900).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 950601. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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