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Areas of Dangerous Heat and Heavy Rain with Possible Flooding into this Weekend

Hot temperatures and high humidity are forecast to continue across much of northeast Texas into the mid-Mississippi Valley into this weekend with heat advisories in effect. Heavy to excessive rainfall occurring at times through Saturday could bring areas of flooding across parts of the central Plains into the upper Midwest/Great Lakes, and Four Corners states. Read More >

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.

May 22nd - 1 tornado       (EF-0)

May 23rd  - 5 tornadoes   (1 EF-0 and 4 EF-1s)

May 24th  - 1 tornado       (EF-0)

May 25th  - 2 tornadoes   (both EF-1)

May 26th  - 3 tornadoes   (all EF-1)

May 27th  - 2 tornadoes   (both EF-0)

May 28th  - 1 tornado       (EF-0)

May 29th  - 4 tornadoes   (all EF-0) 

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Tornado Damage near the Menard / Logan County Line  5/23/19
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