Scattered severe thunderstorms may bring large hail and isolated damaging winds this weekend over parts of the south central U.S. Smoke from Canadian wildfires will bring air quality issues to parts of the north central U.S. this weekend. Moderate to Severe geomagnetic storm conditions will remain possible into early Monday following a strong coronal mass ejection from the sun. Read More >
Overview
Scattered showers with a few embedded thunderstorms tracked northeast across areas generally north of I 80 the afternoon and evening of August 16, as a warm front lifted into east central Iowa and northwest Illinois. Between 720 and 7:30 pm, one shower located along the warm front about 3 miles west of Freeport, IL produced two tornadoes, which caused some minor damage to a house; as well as some crop and tree damage. Another brief tornado occurred approx 5 mi WNW of Elizabeth, IL where extensive tree damage was seen. South of Interstate 80, showers more isolated in nature were observed. Elsewhere, partly to mostly cloudy skies prevailed, with temperatures in the low to mid 80s. |
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Tornadoes:
Tornado 1 - 5 West of Freeport, IL
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Tornado 2 - 4.5 NW of Freeport, IL
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Tornado 2 - 4.8 WNW of Elizabeth, 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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Pearl City RD (survey) |
Bolton RD (survey) |
Stephenson St RD (survey) |
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Lily Creek RD (survey) |
US 20 BR (survey) |
Oxbow RD (survey) |
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