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Issued by NWS Central Illinois
Issued by NWS Central Illinois
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202 NWUS53 KILX 212221 LSRILX Preliminary Local Storm Report National Weather Service Lincoln IL 521 PM CDT Wed May 21 2025 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0230 PM Tornado 3 N Oakland 39.70N 88.03W 05/20/2025 Douglas IL NWS Storm Survey Video evidence of a tornado touching down briefly. No damage noted. Rating of EF-U. 0327 PM Tornado Latham 39.97N 89.16W 05/20/2025 Logan IL NWS Storm Survey A spotter reported a rain-wrapped tornado south of Latham along 2300 Ave. No damage was reported. EF-U rating. 0457 PM Tornado 4 N Royal 40.25N 87.97W 05/20/2025 Champaign IL NWS Storm Survey The tornado touched down about 1.5 miles southwest of Gerald along County Rd 2000 E where it did some tree damage. It then damaged an outbuilding along County Rd 2600, where it removed about a third of the roof and tossed it to the northeast. The tornado then dissipated a short time later. EF-0 rating with estimated peak winds 85 mph. 0506 PM Tornado 2 SW Collison 40.20N 87.83W 05/20/2025 Vermilion IL NWS Storm Survey The weak EF-0 tornado touched down about 4 miles southwest of Collison where it did tree damage. It moved east and was video taped by spotters as it passed about 2 miles southeast of Collison, where it did more tree damage. The tornado progressed northeast through the Horseshoe Bottom Nature Preserve then did additional tree damage along E 200 North Rd before dissipating. 0506 PM Tornado 3 SSW Armstrong 40.27N 87.90W 05/20/2025 Vermilion IL NWS Storm Survey The tornado touched down about 3 miles south of Armstrong along N 270 East Rd where it damaged some trees. It moved east and snapped two power poles along N 650 East Rd. I was then caught on video approaching Potomac Collison Rd before it snapped or uprooted around 12 large trees, roughly 2 foot diameter. The tornado dissipated shortly there-after to the east of that residence. EF-1 rating with estimated peak wind 90 mph. 0539 PM Tornado 3 ENE Bismarck 40.28N 87.56W 05/20/2025 Vermilion IL NWS Storm Survey The tornado touched down about 3 miles east of Bismark and produced some tree damage along E 2500 North Rd. It progressed to the northeast where it damaged the roof of an outbuilding before dissipating before reaching the Indiana State Line. EF-0 rating with estimated peak wind speed 75 mph. && $$