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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
905 PM CDT Thu May 22 2025

...NWS Damage Survey for 05/20/2025 Tornado Event...

.Update to the Oakland Tornado...Changed from an EFU to an EF0,
increased wind to 65 mph, added length of 2.85 miles, and start
and end points.

.Oakland Tornado...

Rating:                 EF0
Estimated Peak Wind:    65 mph
Path Length /statute/:  2.85 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   20 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             05/20/2025
Start Time:             02:15 PM CDT
Start Location:         1 WNW Oakland / Coles County / IL
Start Lat/Lon:          39.6602 / -88.0371

End Date:               05/20/2025
End Time:               02:19 PM CDT
End Location:           3 N Oakland / Douglas County / IL
End Lat/Lon:            39.6984 / -88.0168

Survey Summary:
The tornado touchdown on the northwest side of Oakland, damaging
tree branches. It moved to the northeast through a grove of trees
and then across farm fields of northeast Coles county. It
remained in the farm fields and did not do any other damage as it
moved into southeast Douglas county and then lifted east of
Walnut Point State Park.

.Latham Torndao...

Rating:                 EFU
Estimated Peak Wind:    60 mph
Path Length /statute/:  1.11 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   30 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             05/20/2025
Start Time:             03:27 PM CDT
Start Location:         2 S Latham / Logan County / IL
Start Lat/Lon:          39.9354 / -89.1677

End Date:               05/20/2025
End Time:               03:28 PM CDT
End Location:           2 SSE Latham / Logan County / IL
End Lat/Lon:            39.9399 / -89.1475

Survey Summary:
A spotter reported a rain-wrapped tornado south of Latham along
2300 Ave. No damage was reported.

.Gerald Tornado...

Rating:                 EF0
Estimated Peak Wind:    85 mph
Path Length /statute/:  0.92 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   30 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             05/20/2025
Start Time:             04:57 PM CDT
Start Location:         4 N Royal / Champaign County / IL
Start Lat/Lon:          40.2488 / -87.9699

End Date:               05/20/2025
End Time:               04:59 PM CDT
End Location:           3 S Penfield / Champaign County / IL
End Lat/Lon:            40.2556 / -87.955

Survey Summary:
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.

.Armstrong-Potomac Tornado...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    90 mph
Path Length /statute/:  5.05 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   80 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             05/20/2025
Start Time:             05:06 PM CDT
Start Location:         3 SSW Armstrong / Vermilion County / IL
Start Lat/Lon:          40.2634 / -87.8937

End Date:               05/20/2025
End Time:               05:10 PM CDT
End Location:           2 S Potomac / Vermilion County / IL
End Lat/Lon:            40.2715 / -87.7995

Survey Summary:
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.

.Collison Tornado...

Rating:                 EF0
Estimated Peak Wind:    70 mph
Path Length /statute/:  6.95 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   40 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             05/20/2025
Start Time:             05:06 PM CDT
Start Location:         2 SW Collison / Vermilion County / IL
Start Lat/Lon:          40.202 / -87.8439

End Date:               05/20/2025
End Time:               05:15 PM CDT
End Location:           4 ENE Collison / Vermilion County / IL
End Lat/Lon:            40.243 / -87.7294

Survey Summary:
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.

.Bismark Tornado...

Rating:                 EF0
Estimated Peak Wind:    75 mph
Path Length /statute/:  1.76 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   30 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             05/20/2025
Start Time:             05:39 PM CDT
Start Location:         3 ENE Bismarck / Vermilion County / IL
Start Lat/Lon:          40.2684 / -87.5532

End Date:               05/20/2025
End Time:               05:41 PM CDT
End Location:           4 ESE Alvin / Vermilion County / IL
End Lat/Lon:            40.2858 / -87.5304

Survey Summary:
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 Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the
following categories:

EF0.....65 to 85 mph
EF1.....86 to 110 mph
EF2.....111 to 135 mph
EF3.....136 to 165 mph
EF4.....166 to 200 mph
EF5.....>200 mph

NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the events and publication in
NWS Storm Data.


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Shimon/Schaffer/Auten