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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...RETRANSMISSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
222 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2005
...PRELIMINARY DAMAGE SURVEY SOUTHEAST JERSEY AND SOUTHERN MACOUPIN
COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS ON MONDAY EVENING JUNE 13 2005...
A DAMAGE ASSESSMENT WAS CONDUCTED BY PERSONNEL FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN ST. LOUIS INVESTIGATING DAMAGE WHICH OCCURRED
LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST
ILLINOIS...JUNE 13 2005. THE DAMAGE WAS PRODUCED BY A SERIES OF WEAK
TORNADOES AND STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS.
AROUND 520 PM CDT A TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN 2.5 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BRIGHTON ILLINOIS ON GUN CLUB ROAD AND 1500 NORTH IN
SOUTHEAST JERSEY COUNTY. THE TORNADO TRAVELED EASTWARD AND MAINLY
DAMAGED LARGE TREES AND A FEW POWER POLES. THE TOTAL DAMAGE TRACK OF
THE TORNADIC PATH WAS 0.5 MILES LONG WHILE THE WIDTH OF THE PATH WAS
40 YARDS WIDE. WITNESSES NORTH OF THE DAMAGE TRACK OBSERVED THREE
FUNNELS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WALL CLOUD OF A SUPERCELL STORM. ONE OF
THE THREE FUNNELS TOUCHED DOWN AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TREE
DAMAGE. THE DAMAGE WAS RATED(F0) AT THIS LOCATION.
A SERIES OF WEAK TORNADOES AND STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED
OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN MACOUPIN COUNTY BETWEEN 6:00 PM AND 6:15 PM.
THE FIRST TORNADO OCCURRED AROUND 6:00 PM CDT OVER THE FAR WESTERN
SECTIONS OF BUNKER HILL IN SOUTHERN MACOUPIN COUNTY. SEVERAL LARGE
TREES WERE TOPPED AND SOME MINOR STRUCTRAL DAMAGE OCCURRED TO SOME
BUILDINGS. A FEW VEHICLES WERE ALSO DAMAGED BY FALLEN TREES IN TOWN.
THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS 1.5 MILES LONG AND APPROXIMATELY 40
YARDS WIDE. POWER POLES AND LARGE LIMBS WERE DOWNED BY STRAIGHT-LINE
WINDS THE FAR NORTHERN SECTIONS OF BUNKER HILL AND RURAL AREAS NORTH
OF TOWN.
THE SECOND TORNADO OCCURRED 2.5 MILES NORTH OF BUNKER HILL NEAR
HIGHWAY 159 AROUND 605 PM CDT. A LARGE MACHINE SHED WAS DAMAGED ON A
FARMSTEAD. DEBRIS FROM THE MACHINE SHED WAS TOSSED 200 TO 300 YARDS
NORTHEAST ACROSS HIGHWAY 159 AND OVER AN OPEN FARM FIELD. THE
TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS 1.0 MILE LONG AND APPROXIMATELY 50 YARDS
WIDE. THE DAMAGE WAS RATED (F0) INTENSITY.
A THIRD TORNADO FORMED APPROXIMATELY 2.0 MILES NORTHEAST OF BUNKER
HILL NEAR MANSHOLT ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 605 PM CDT. ONE LARGE
MACHINE SHED ON A FARMSTEAD WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE DEBRIS
FROM THE MACHINE SHED WAS TOSSED OVER 750 YARDS TO THE NORTHEAST.
THE TORNADO CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO SEVERAL GRAIN SILOS AND A MACHINE
SHED ON ANOTHER FARMSTEAD ON SOUTH DORCHESTER ROAD. THIS TORNADO
CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF WILSONVILLE
AND CAUSED ROOF DAMAGE TO A CHURCH...TREE AND POWER POLE DAMAGE.
STRAIGHTLINE WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED OVER A 1.5 MILE WIDE AREA ALONG
AND NORTH OF THE TORNADIC DAMAGE TRACK. THE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH WAS
3.0 MILE LONG AND APPROXIMATELY 60 TO 70 YARDS WIDE. THE TORNADIC
DAMAGE WAS RATED (F1).
A FOURTH TORNADO FORMED NEAR THE SOUTH EDGE OF WILSONVILLE AND MOVED
NORTHEASTWARD CROSSING WILLHOIT AIRPORT ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 610 PM
CDT. ONE MACHINE SHED WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED WHILE A SECOND ADJACENT
MACHINE SHED SUSTAINED DAMAGE. DEBRIS FROM BOTH MACHINE SHEDS WAS
TOSSED 150 TO 300 YARDS TO THE NORTHEAST. SOME OF THE DEBRIS WAS
WRAPPED AROUND TREE TRUNKS WHILE OTHER DEBRIS WAS MANGLED JUST ABOVE
THE TRUNKS. THIS TORNADO DAMAGED A THIRD MACHINE SHED SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 138 ON WILLHOIT AIRPORT ROAD. DEBRIS WAS TOSSED 300 TO 400
YARDS TO THE NORTHEAST. THE TORNADO ALSO CAUSED TREE DAMAGE EAST OF
WILLHOIT ROAD. STRAIGHTLINE WIND DAMAGE WAS ALSO NOTED ALONG AND
NORTH OF THIS TORNADO TRACK THROUGH THE TOWN OF BENID. THE TOTAL
TORNADIC DAMAGE TRACK WAS 2.5 MILES LONG AND 50 TO 60 YARDS WIDE.
THIS TORNADIC DAMAGE WAS RATED (F1).
THE SERIES OF TORNADOES OVER SOUTHERN MACOUPIN COUNTY ARE REFERRED
TO AS 'NON-SUPERCELL TORNADOES.' THESE TORNADOES OCCURRED ALONG THE
LEADING EDGE OF A BOWING SEGMENT WITHIN A LARGER SQUALL LINE. A
WITNESS LOCATED OVER GILLESPIE ILLINOIS OBSERVED A TORNADO AT A
DISTANCE THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORM OVER WILSONVILLE.
FUJITA-SCALE
F0 40-72 MPH
F1 73-112 MPH
F2 113-157 MPH
F3 158-206 MPH
F4 207-260 MPH
F5 261-318 MPH
R.PRZYBYLINSKI
D. TILLY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST. LOUIS
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