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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH, KY
1003 AM CDT WED MAR 18 2026 /1103 AM EDT WED MAR 18 2026/
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 03/15/2026 TORNADO EVENT IN JACKSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS...
OVERVIEW
A BOOKEND VORTEX WITH A HISTORY OF WIND DAMAGE AND TORNADOES
SUNDAY NIGHT APPEARS TO HAVE PRODUCED TWO VERY BRIEF TORNADOES IN JACKSON
COUNTY, ILLINOIS. MANY THANKS TO THE JACKSON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AGENCY FOR THOROUGH DOCUMENTATION THAT AIDED THE SURVEY.
GRAND TOWER
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 97 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.25 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/15/2026
START TIME: 06:46 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 S GRAND TOWER / JACKSON COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 37.63 / -89.5033
END DATE: 03/15/2026
END TIME: 06:47 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 S GRAND TOWER / JACKSON COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 37.6311 / -89.5028
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A BRIEF TORNADO PRODUCED DAMAGE IN GRAND TOWER. MINOR STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS AND AWNINGS WAS NOTED. A FEW TREES WERE UPROOTED
WITH TRUNKS/BRANCHES SNAPPED.
.REEDS STATION
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.25 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/15/2026
START TIME: 07:02 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 WSW CAMBRIA / JACKSON COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 37.7712 / -89.1619
END DATE: 03/15/2026
END TIME: 07:03 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 WSW CAMBRIA / JACKSON COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 37.7728 / -89.1605
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A BRIEF TORNADO MOVED ACROSS REED STATION ROAD NORTHEAST OF
CARBONDALE. A WOODEN FENCE WAS DAMAGED AND STREWN UPSTREAM WITH
THE STORM. SEVERAL TREE TRUNKS WERE SNAPPED UP ABOUT 50 FT ABOVE
THE GROUND WITH OTHER TREE DAMAGE NOTED.
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.
JGG/AD
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