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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1012 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/02/26 TORNADO EVENT
GALESBURG TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 7.95 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/02/2026
START TIME: 05:25 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 SW GALESBURG / KNOX COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 40.9008 / -90.431
END DATE: 04/02/2026
END TIME: 05:35 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 E EAST GALESBURG / KNOX COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 40.9449 / -90.2957
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GALESBURG
WHERE IT DAMAGED A FEW TREES BEFORE HEADING NORTHEAST TOWARD
GALESBURG. THE TORNADO DID PRIMARILY TREE DAMAGE AS IT CROSSED
GALESBURG AND WENT INTO EAST GALESBURG. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED
JUST EAST OF EAST GALESBURG.
YATES CITY TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 5.74 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/02/2026
START TIME: 06:18 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 W YATES CITY / KNOX COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 40.7789 / -90.0825
END DATE: 04/02/2026
END TIME: 06:25 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 N YATES CITY / KNOX COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 40.8303 / -89.9967
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO DEVELOPED NEAR DOUGLAS OR ABOUT 3.5 MILES WEST OF
YATES CITY ALONG STATE RT 8, WHERE IT DAMAGED AN OUTBUILDING. IT
PROGRESSED TO THE NORTHEAST CAUSING SOME DAMAGE TO AN OUTBUILDING
AND NUMEROUS LARGE TREES ALONG KNOX HWY 18 JUST SOUTH OF 750 N.
THE TORNADO ALSO DAMAGED A COUPLE OF HOMES ROOFING AND SIDING IN
THAT AREA BEFORE MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS KNOX RD 2300 E WHERE IT
DID MORE TREE DAMAGE BEFORE DISSIPATING.
LAURA TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.20 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 250 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/02/2026
START TIME: 06:18 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 SE WILLIAMSFIELD / KNOX COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 40.901 / -89.9874
END DATE: 04/02/2026
END TIME: 06:26 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 WSW MONICA / PEORIA COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 40.9112 / -89.8697
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILLIAMSFIELD
JUST WEST OF THE KNOX COUNTY LINE, WHERE IT DESTROYED AN
OUTBUILDING. IT CROSSED INTO PEORIA COUNTY AND STRENGTHENED TO
110 MPH WINDS AS IT SNAPPED OFF 7 LARGE POWER POLES ALONG STATE
ROUTE 78 NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH HWY 150. THE TORNADO
PROGRESSED EASTWARD PRODUCING TREE DAMAGE NEAR N BRIMFIELD RD AND
N MAHER RD BEFORE DISSIPATING.
ELBA CENTER TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.67 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 60 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/02/2026
START TIME: 06:23 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 N YATES CITY / KNOX COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 40.8423 / -90.0114
END DATE: 04/02/2026
END TIME: 06:28 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 WNW BRIMFIELD / PEORIA COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 40.8653 / -89.9484
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF ELBA CENTER WHERE
IT DID SOME TREE DAMAGE JUST SOUTH OF KNOX ROAD 900 N. IT
PROGRESSED ACROSS I-74 NEAR E KNOX RD WHERE IT DAMAGED AN
OUTBUILDING AND SOME TREES. IT CAUSED ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE
ALONG N ELMORE RD AND W SWAB RUN RD BEFORE DISSIPATING NEAR N
MCCLELLAN RD. DEBRIS WAS THROWN TO THE EAST OF THERE AS THE
TORNADO DISSIPATED.
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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