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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
208 PM CDT TUE APR 19 2006
..SUMMARY OF TORNADOES FROM EASTER SUNDAY...16 APRIL 2006
IN
CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
HERE IS AN UPDATED LISTING OF THE TORNADOES THAT OCCURRED ON EASTER
SUNDAY...16 APRIL 2006 IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THIS LISTING IS UPDATED
WITH THE RESULTS OF THE CRAWFORD COUNTY SURVEY THAT WAS COMPLETED
YESTERDAY. TOTAL OF 8 TORNADOES ON 16 APRIL 2006.
TIME COUNTY DETAILS
235-237 PM MACON FROM 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WARRENSBURG
TO 1 MILE SOUTHWEST OF WARRENSBURG
PATH LENGTH 1 MILE.
100 YARDS WIDE.
F1 INTENSITY (110 MPH).
DESTROYED AN OUTBUILDING...AND DAMAGED ONE
HOME AND SIGHTED ON THE GROUND BY THE
WARRENSBURG FIRE CHIEF.
308 PM CHRISTIAN 2 WEST OF ASSUMPTION
PATH LENGTH 0.1 MILE.
30 YARDS WIDE.
F0 INTENSITY (60 MPH).
BRIEF TOUCHDOWN OBSERVED BY TRAINED SPOTTER.
NO DAMAGE.
330 PM CHRISTIAN 7 NORTH OF ASSUMPTION
PATH LENGTH 0.1 MILE.
30 YARDS WIDE.
F0 INTENSITY (60 MPH).
BRIEF TOUCHDOWN OBSERVED BY COUNTY OFFICIAL.
NO DAMAGE.
509-519 PM EFFINGHAM FROM 1 MILE NORTH NORTHEAST OF
ELLIOTSTOWN TO 2 MILES SOUTH OF DIETERICH.
PATH LENGTH 4 MILES.
200 YARDS WIDE.
F2 INTENSITY (130-140 MPH).
DAMAGE WAS DONE TO A NUMBER OF FARMSTEADS
...DAMAGING OR DESTROYING BARNS...GRAIN
BINS...AND TREES. SEVERAL HOMES WERE
DAMAGED.
518 PM JASPER FROM 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WHEELER TO
JUST WEST OF WHEELER.
PATH LENGTH 1.5 MILES.
15O YARDS WIDE.
F2 INTENSITY (115-120 MPH).
A MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED...AN AUTO
DESTROYED...MINOR DAMAGE TO HOUSES...
WITH DAMAGE TO TREES.
515-523 PM COLES FROM 1 MILE SOUTH OF HUMBOLDT TO 4.5 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF HUMBOLDT.
PATH LENGTH 5 MILES.
150 YARDS WIDE.
F1 INTENSITY (100 MPH).
DAMAGED A NUMBER OF OUTBUILDINGS AND WAS
SIGHTED...PHOTOGRAPHED AND VIDEO TAPED
FROM 3 SEPARATE LOCATIONS.
525-527 PM COLES FROM 5.5 MILES EAST OF HUMBOLDT (OR
6 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF RARDIN) TO
6.5 MILES EAST OF HUMBOLDT.
PATH LENGTH 1 MILE.
50 YARDS WIDE.
F0 INTENSITY (65 MPH).
NO DAMAGE. THE TORNADO WAS VIDEO TAPED
AND PHOTOGRAPHED.
706-707 PM CRAWFORD BRIEF TOUCHDOWN ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF
ROBINSON.
PATH LENGTH 0.1 MILES.
75 YARDS WIDE.
F1 INTENSITY (85-90 MPH).
IT DESTROYED A GARAGE...DAMAGED TREES...
AND CAUSED ROOFING DAMAGE TO HOUSE AND
TWO CHURCHES.
FUJITA SCALE
F0 40 - 72 MPH
F1 73 - 112 MPH
F2 113 - 157 MPH
F3 158 - 207 MPH
F4 208 - 260 MPH
F5 261 - 318 MPH
ERNEST GOETSCH
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
LINCOLN IL.
GOETSCH
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