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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
940 PM CDT WED APR 22 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/17/2026 TORNADO EVENT UPDATE #10
UPDATE
THE TRACKS FOR THE TABLE GROVE AND BERNADOTTE-BRYANT TORNADOES WERE
REEVALUATED BASED ON RADAR ANALYSIS. IT WAS DETERMINED THE TRACKS
NEEDED TO BE ADJUSTED AND THE NAMES CHANGED. THIS RESULTED IN A CHANGE
IN THE LENGTH OF BOTH TORNADO TRACKS AND THE SURVEY SUMMARY. THIS
STATEMENT REFLECTS THESE CHANGES. NO OTHER CHANGES WERE MADE.
PENNINGTON POINT-BERNADOTTE TORNADO
RATING: EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 115 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 12.82 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/17/2026
START TIME: 07:29 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 SSW PENNINGTON POINT / MCDONOUGH COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 40.364 / -90.5625
END DATE: 04/17/2026
END TIME: 07:44 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 WNW BERNADOTTE / FULTON COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 40.4099 / -90.3425
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO BEGAN ABOUT 3.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF INDUSTRY WHERE IT
DID SOME TREE DAMAGE FOLLOWED BY SNAPPING OF 7 POWER POLES ALONG
N 600TH RD. IT PROGRESSED EAST BETWEEN N 600TH RD AND N 500TH RD
AS IT PRODUCED TREE AND SIGNIFICANT OUTBUILDING DAMAGE. THE
TORNADO THEN TURNED NORTHEAST WHERE IT DID SIGNIFICANT TREE
DAMAGE, PRODUCING WIND SPEEDS AROUND 115 MPH. IT THEN CROSSED
INTO FULTON COUNTY ALONG WATERS RD AND DID ROOF DAMAGE TO A HOME
ALONG WITH MORE EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE, SNAPPING OFF LARGE TREES,
AND DESTROYING A MACHINE SHED. IT ALSO DESTROYED A NEWER GRAIN
BIN AS IT MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST. AS IT CONTINUED TO THE
NORTHEAST IT LIKELY MERGED WITH A NEWER TORNADO THAT CAME FROM
THE SOUTH.
TABLE GROVE-BRYANT TORNADO
RATING: EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 130 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 18.12 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 500 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/17/2026
START TIME: 07:40 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 E TABLE GROVE / FULTON COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 40.369 / -90.3904
END DATE: 04/17/2026
END TIME: 08:01 PM CDT
END LOCATION: BRYANT / FULTON COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 40.4705 / -90.0904
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 2 MILES EAST OF TABLE GROVE ALONG RIFLE
RANGE RD WITH A PEAK INTENSITY OF 130 MPH WHEN IT LAID DOWN A
SWATH OF TREE DAMAGE 500 YARDS WIDE, SNAPPING OFF TREES UP TO
2 TO 3 FEET IN DIAMETER JUST NORTH OF RIFLE RANGE RD. THE TORNADO
CURVED NORTHEAST THROUGH MOSTLY FORESTED AREA, WHERE ADDITIONAL
TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG WITH SOME OUTBUILDING DAMAGE. THE
TORNADO PROGRESSED TO THE EAST PASSING NORTH OF BERNADOTTE AND
DEPLER SPRINGS BEFORE DISSIPATING JUST NORTH OF BRYANT. ALONG ITS
PATH, THE TORNADO MAINLY PRODUCED TREE DAMAGE INCLUDING UPROOTING
AND SNAPPING OFF TRUNKS. A COUPLE OF OUTBUILDINGS LOST THEIR
ROOFING MATERIAL NORTH OF DEPLER SPRINGS.
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.
AUTEN
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