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Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
722 AM CDT Sat Apr 20 2024

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

0737 PM     Tornado          3 NNW Forsyth           39.97N 88.97W
04/18/2024                   Macon              IL   NWS Storm Survey

            NWS storm damage survey confirmed an EF-1
            tornado with estimated peak winds of 90 mph
            in Macon county 3 miles north-northwest of
            Forsyth. The damage path is 7 miles with a
            max width of 500 yds. The tornado was on the
            ground for 8 min and damaged trees, grain
            bins and power poles. The tornado traveled
            east and dissipated about 1 mile west of
            Argenta.

0720 PM     Tornado          1 WSW Latham            39.96N 89.17W
04/18/2024                   Logan              IL   NWS Storm Survey

            NWS storm damage survey confirmed an EF-0
            tornado with estimated peak winds of 85 mph
            near Latham, IL. The damage path length is
            1.11 miles and max width of 200 yds. It was
            on the ground for 2 minutes and did mostly
            tree damage. It also blew the roof off one
            business building in Latham.

0722 PM     Tornado          1 SE Latham             39.95N 89.15W
04/18/2024                   Logan              IL   NWS Storm Survey

            NWS storm survey damage survey confirmed an
            EF-1 tornado with estimated peak winds of 95
            mph in southeast Logan and northwest Macon
            counties that moved southeast and then east
            through Warrensburg. The damage path length
            is 7.19 miles and max width of 300 yds. The
            tornado damaged several outbuildings and
            threw the debris to the southeast. The
            tornado was on the ground for 9 min and
            damaged several homes and numerous trees in
            Warrensburg and then dissipated east of
            town.


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