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Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
501 PM CDT Mon May 27 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0735 PM Tornado 5 NW Xenia 38.69N 88.70W
05/26/2024 Clay IL NWS Storm Survey
Rated EF2, with a peak wind speed of 130
mph. Total path length was 8.4 miles, of
which 3.6 of them were in Clay County.
Originally touched down in Marion County at
7:29 pm, and moved into Clay County along
Beard Road just north of Songer Township
Lane, downing trees and power lines. It
tracked east-northeast and did its greatest
damage at a farm on the north end of Penguin
Drive, demolishing several metal buildings.
It appears to have lifted just east of
Xenia-Iola Road between Songer Township Lane
and Hickory Hill Lane.
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Geelhart