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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO  
752 PM CDT THU MAY 1 2025  
 
   
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/30/25 TORNADO EVENT  
 
   
.POPE TOWNSHIP TORNADO  
 
RATING: EF0  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 5.01 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: 0  
 
START DATE: 04/30/2025  
START TIME: 06:30 PM CDT  
START LOCATION: 5 NE KEYESPORT / FAYETTE COUNTY / IL  
START LAT/LON: 38.7828 / -89.1919  
 
END DATE: 04/30/2025  
END TIME: 06:38 PM CDT  
END LOCATION: 3 SW SHOBONIER / FAYETTE COUNTY / IL  
END LAT/LON: 38.8384 / -89.1325  
 
   
.SHOBONIER TORNADO  
 
RATING: EF2  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 114 MPH  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.33 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: 0  
 
START DATE: 04/30/2025  
START TIME: 06:48 PM CDT  
START LOCATION: 2 SE SHOBONIER / FAYETTE COUNTY / IL  
START LAT/LON: 38.8451 / -89.0662  
 
END DATE: 04/30/2025  
END TIME: 06:59 PM CDT  
END LOCATION: 4 WNW ST. PAUL / FAYETTE COUNTY / IL  
END LAT/LON: 38.8886 / -89.0129  
 
SURVEY SUMMARY:  
SHORTLY BEFORE 7PM, THE TORNADO FORMED JUST SOUTH OF COUNTY ROAD  
750 IN FAYETTE COUNTY, SOUTHEAST OF SHOBONIER, DAMAGING TREES AND  
STRUCTURES AT A FARM. THE TORNADO TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH  
FIELDS AND POCKETS OF TREES BEFORE IMPACTING FARMS ALONG COUNTY  
RD 1100. SHORTLY AFTER THIS POINT, THE TORNADO REACHED ITS  
MAXIMUM SURVEYED STRENGTH, WHERE IT LEVELED AN OUTBUILDING NEAR  
THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY RD 1100 AND E 900 AVE. THE TORNADO  
CONTINUED NORTHEASTWARD, PRODUCING MAINLY TREE DAMAGE AND MINOR  
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE BEFORE DISSIPATING SHORTLY AFTER CROSSING  
COUNTY RD 1300 NORTH OF AUGSBURG.  
 
 
 
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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