Overview
An active period of severe weather impacted central and southeast Illinois for more than a week. Several periods of strong to severe thunderstorms occurred, producing 19 tornadoes (10 EF-0 and 9 EF-1) from May 22nd to May 29th. |
Tornado Damage near the Menard / Logan County Line 5/23/19 |
Tornadoes
May 23 -- Cantrall to Broadwell
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May 23 -- Lincoln
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May 23 -- Cisco
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May 23 -- Muncie
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May 23 -- 3 mi. WSW of Xenia
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May 24 -- 4.5 mi. West of Lewistown
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May 25 -- Green Valley (2 Tornadoes)
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May 26 -- Champaign
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May 26 -- Urbana
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May 26 -- St. Joseph
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May 27 -- 1 mi. South of Dahinda
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May 27 -- 3 mi. NW of Benson
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May 28 -- 5 mi. south of Henning
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May 29 -- (4) Tornadoes from north of Edinburg, to north of Stonington, to east of Blue Mound, IL
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The Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale classifies tornadoes into the following categories:
EF0 Weak 65-85 mph |
EF1 Moderate 86-110 mph |
EF2 Significant 111-135 mph |
EF3 Severe 136-165 mph |
EF4 Extreme 166-200 mph |
EF5 Catastrophic 200+ mph |
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