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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
755 PM CDT WED MAR 11 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 03/10/26 TORNADO EVENT
LACON-VARNA TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 12.62 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/10/2026
START TIME: 08:01 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 N SPARLAND / MARSHALL COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 41.0743 / -89.4281
END DATE: 03/10/2026
END TIME: 08:18 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 SSE MAGNOLIA / MARSHALL COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 41.0851 / -89.1871
SURVEY SUMMARY:
VIDEO EVIDENCE FROM AN ILLINOIS RIVER BARGE OPERATOR CONFIRMED
THE STARTING POINT OF A TORNADO 3.5 MILES NW OF LACON. THE
TORNADO CROSSED THE IL RIVER AND CONTINUED EASTWARD WHERE IT
DAMAGED NUMEROUS TREES NORTH OF LAKE WILDWOOD. PHOTO EVIDENCE
FROM A SPOTTER SHOWED THE TORNADO STILL OCCURRING 2 MILES SOUTH
OF MAGNOLIA BEFORE IT DISSIPATED JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 89.
HAVANA-TOPEKA TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 5.59 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/10/2026
START TIME: 11:52 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 E HAVANA / MASON COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 40.2968 / -90.0287
END DATE: 03/10/2026
END TIME: 11:58 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 NW TOPEKA / MASON COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 40.3367 / -89.9368
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ON THE FAR EAST EDGE OF HAVANA NEAR
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY, AND MOVED NORTHEAST TO NEAR TOPEKA. A
NUMBER OF TREE TRUNKS WERE SNAPPED ALONG THE PATH, AND SEVERAL
POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED ALONG COUNTY ROAD 2130. THE WORST DAMAGE
WAS ABOUT A MILE WEST-NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA, WHERE A HORSE BARN WAS
PARTIALLY DESTROYED, KILLING ONE HORSE.
FOREST CITY-GREEN VALLEY TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 98 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 10.17 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 03/11/2026
START TIME: 12:06 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 SSE FOREST CITY / MASON COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 40.3521 / -89.826
END DATE: 03/11/2026
END TIME: 12:15 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 W GREEN VALLEY / TAZEWELL COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 40.4089 / -89.6553
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A NUMBER OF IRRIGATION PIVOTS WERE OVERTURNED ALONG THE PATH, AND
SEVERAL TREES HAD BRANCHES DAMAGED. THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST
TOWARD GREEN VALLEY WHERE IT SNAPPED OFF 8 POWER POLES BEFORE
DISSIPATING A SHORT TIME LATER.
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.
SHIMON
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