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NWUS53 KILX 192051
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
350 PM CDT FRI APR 19 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0720 PM     TORNADO          1 SW LATHAM             39.96N -89.15W
04/18/2024                   LOGAN              IL   NWS DAMAGE SURVEY

            THE TORNADO WAS SIGHTED TOUCHING DOWN ABOUT A HALF MILE SW OF
            LATHAM, DAMAGING SOME TREES BY A HOME AND SCOURING THE GROUND IN
            THE FIELD AS IT HEADED TOWARD LATHAM. THE DAMAGE IN LATHAM WAS
            MAINLY TO TREES, WITH ONE BUSINESS BUILDING HAVING ITS ROOF BLOWN
            OFF. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF LATHAM AT HIGHWAY
            121. THE TORNADO WAS RATED EF0 WITH PEAK WIND 85 MPH. IT WAS ON
            THE GROUND FOR 1.11 MILES.


0722 PM     TORNADO          1 SSE LATHAM            39.93N -89.01W
04/18/2024                   LOGAN              IL   NWS DAMAGE SURVEY

            THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF 2400TH
            AVE AND 200TH ST SOUTHEAST OF LATHAM, DAMAGING SEVERAL
            OUTBUILDINGS AND THROWING THE DEBRIS FOR 2 MILES TO THE
            SOUTHEAST. THE TORNADO WAS PHOTOGRAPHED WEST OF WARRENSBURG AS IT
            APPROACHED TOWN. THE TORNADO DAMAGED SEVERAL HOMES AND NUMEROUS
            TREES IN WARRENSBURG, THEN TRAVELED ALONG W. ILLINIWICK RD BEFORE
            DISSIPATING BEFORE REACHING N BEARSDALE RD. THE TORNADO WAS RATED
            EF1 WITH PEAK WIND 95 MPH. IT WAS ON THE GROUND FOR 7.19 MILES.


0722 PM     TORNADO          3 NNW FORSYTH           39.96N -88.97W
04/18/2024                   LOGAN              IL   NWS DAMAGE SURVEY

            THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF 2400TH
            AVE AND 200TH ST SOUTHEAST OF LATHAM, DAMAGING SEVERAL
            OUTBUILDINGS AND THROWING THE DEBRIS FOR 2 MILES TO THE
            SOUTHEAST. THE TORNADO WAS PHOTOGRAPHED WEST OF WARRENSBURG AS IT
            APPROACHED TOWN. THE TORNADO DAMAGED SEVERAL HOMES AND NUMEROUS
            TREES IN WARRENSBURG, THEN TRAVELED ALONG W. ILLINIWICK RD BEFORE
            DISSIPATING BEFORE REACHING N BEARSDALE RD. THE TORNADO WAS RATED
            EF1 WITH PEAK WIND 90 MPH. IT WAS ON THE GROUND FOR 7.0 MILES.

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