Overview
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Clusters of storms during the afternoon eventually evolved into a line of storms as they progressed across our region through the evening on March 30th. The primary surface low with this system was located up near Chicago. However, a secondary surface low developed along the cold front as it progressed east across southeast Missouri. This provided an environment supportive of a few tornadoes and we ended up having two EF-1's from this event. Both of these occurred in the early evening, one in Ripley & Butler counties in Missouri and the other across Alexander & Pulaski counties in Illinois. We also had numerous reports of hail with these storms, ranging from quarter to golf ball sized. There was also a good amount of straight line winds with winds in excess of 60 mph producing scattered damage reports across the area. |
Tornadoes
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NOTE: times shown below are local to your device's time zone. |
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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| Tornadoes that fail to impact any ratable structures on the EF-Scale are rated EF-Unknown (EF-U) | |||||
Radar
Photos
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| Hail in Bernie, MO courtesy of Beau Bishop | Hail near Du Quoin, IL courtesy of Nick Hausen | Hail in Perry County Missouri (Longtown) courtesy of Jason Kelley | Hail near Qulin, MO courtesy of Melissa Berger |
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| Hail in Murphysboro, IL courtesy of Brian Manwaring | Tornado damage at Shawnee Community College in Pulaski County IL courtesy of Beau Dodson | Wind damage near New Grand Chain, IL courtesy of Kristy Ulrigh | Drone view of storms near Christopher, IL courtesy of Justin Hilliard |
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