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Tornado in Putnam County, Illinois

Tornado October 11, 2021 · Putnam County, Illinois

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Not rated

0.0 mi

Path length

10 yd

Path width

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. 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

A storm chaser reported a brief tornado. There was no visible damage to assign an EF-scale rating.

The wider storm

Showers and thunderstorms moved across parts of northern Illinois on the afternoon and evening of October 11, 2021 produced brief severe weather. A storm chaser reported a brief tornado touch down near McNabb, IL. There was no visible damage to assign an EF-scale rating.

Began near Florid (41.1800, -89.3100).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 991577. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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