Storm Events Database

Storm Events Database

Event Details:

Event Tornado
-- Scale EF2
-- Length 10.7 Miles
-- Width 440 Yards
State ILLINOIS
County/Area CHAMPAIGN
WFO ILX
Report Source NWS Storm Survey
NCEI Data Source CSV
Begin Date 2013-11-17 12:52 CST-6
Begin Location 4SW BONGARD
Begin Lat/Lon 39.8796/-88.1859
End Date 2013-11-17 13:02 CST-6
End Location 2N BROADLANDS
End Lat/Lon 39.9474/-88.0044
Deaths Direct/Indirect 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...)
Injuries Direct/Indirect 0/0
Property Damage 800.00K
Crop Damage 0.00K
Episode Narrative A powerful low pressure system tracked from the central Rockies toward the southern Great Lakes on November 17th. As the system approached central Illinois, unseasonably warm and humid air was pulled northward into the area, resulting in high temperatures soaring into the 70s. This very unstable airmass coupled with strong jet stream level winds aloft created numerous strong to severe thunderstorms. Many of the storms became supercells, producing damaging long-track tornadoes. A total of 10 tornadoes touched down across central Illinois, including an EF4 tornado that severely impacted the community of Washington in Tazewell County. Three people were killed and 142 others were injured as the storms tracked through the area. Total damage was estimated at 1.06 billion dollars across central Illinois.
Event Narrative This tornado crossed from Douglas County into Champaign County 5.3 miles SE of Pesotum at 12:52 PM CST, then tracked northeastward before lifting 2.7 NNW of Broadlands at 1:02 PM CST. The tornado moved through open fields for the first 2.5 miles in Champaign County, then took the roof off 1 home, destroyed about a dozen outbuildings, snapped numerous power poles and trees, and did roof damage to 6 homes. The tornado dissipated in a field 2.7 NNW of Broadlands.


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Event Map:

Note: The tornado track is approximate based on the beginning (B) and ending (E) locations. The actual tornado path may differ from a straight line.
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All events for this episode:

Location County/Zone St. Date Time T.Z. Type Mag Dth Inj PrD CrD
Totals: 3 142 1.057B 0.00K
ORCHARD MINES PEORIA CO. IL 11/17/2013 10:52 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 40.00K 0.00K
PEKIN TAZEWELL CO. IL 11/17/2013 10:53 CST-6 Tornado EF2 0 10 45.000M 0.00K
MARQUETTE HGTS TAZEWELL CO. IL 11/17/2013 10:59 CST-6 Tornado EF4 3 121 910.000M 0.00K
METAMORA WOODFORD CO. IL 11/17/2013 11:12 CST-6 Tornado EF3 0 4 25.000M 0.00K
PANA CHRISTIAN CO. IL 11/17/2013 12:15 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 300.00K 0.00K
WEST LIBERTY JASPER CO. IL 11/17/2013 12:25 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 250.00K 0.00K
ALTAMONT EFFINGHAM CO. IL 11/17/2013 12:28 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 400.00K 0.00K
WILLIAMSBURG MOULTRIE CO. IL 11/17/2013 12:30 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 860.00K 0.00K
GARRETT DOUGLAS CO. IL 11/17/2013 12:37 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 825.00K 0.00K
FICKLIN DOUGLAS CO. IL 11/17/2013 12:44 CST-6 Tornado EF3 0 0 1.200M 0.00K
THOMASBORO CHAMPAIGN CO. IL 11/17/2013 12:45 CST-6 Tornado EF3 0 6 60.000M 0.00K
TUSCOLA DOUGLAS CO. IL 11/17/2013 12:46 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 220.00K 0.00K
BONGARD CHAMPAIGN CO. IL 11/17/2013 12:52 CST-6 Tornado EF2 0 0 800.00K 0.00K
ELLIS VERMILION CO. IL 11/17/2013 13:00 CST-6 Tornado EF2 0 0 2.500M 0.00K
ALLERTON VERMILION CO. IL 11/17/2013 13:03 CST-6 Tornado EF2 0 1 9.500M 0.00K
Totals: 3 142 1.057B 0.00K