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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1215 PM CDT FRI AUG 21 2009
...RESULTS OF STORM DAMAGE SURVEYS FOR THE
AUGUST 19...2009 STORMS...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAD TWO DAMAGE SURVEY TEAMS
INVESTIGATING THE DAMAGE FROM THE AUGUST 19...2009 SEVERE WEATHER
OUTBREAK. HERE ARE THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS...
THE FIRST TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN EXTREME NORTHERN GREEN COUNTY
AT 210 PM...ABOUT 4.5 MILES SOUTH OF ALSEY. THE TORNADO CROSSED
INTO SCOTT COUNTY AND MOVED EAST NORTHEAST THROUGH THE EXTREME
NORTHERN PORTION OF THE TOWN OF MANCHESTER. IT THEN CONTINUED
TO THE EAST NORTHEAST...CROSSING INTO MORGAN COUNTY...GOING
0.5 MILES SOUTH OF MURRYVILLE AND THEN LIFTING 3.5 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF FRANKLIN AROUND 237 PM. THE TORNADO STARTED OUT
AROUND 100 YARDS WIDE AND WAS AROUND 250 WIDE AT ITS MAXIMUM
IN WESTERN MORGAN COUNTY. THIS TORNADO PRODUCED SEVERE DAMAGE
TO A MOBILE HOME NORTH OF MANCHESTER...DAMAGE TO GRAIN BINS...
FARM MACHINERY SHEDS...AND MAJOR TREE AND CROP DAMAGE. THE
PATH LENGTH OF THE TORNADO WAS 18 MILES.
THE TORNADO WAS RATED AN EF1 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE WITH
AN ESTIMATED WIND SPEED REACHING A MAXIMUM OF 110 MPH.
A SECOND TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN EXTREME EASTERN MORGAN
COUNTY AT 246 PM...ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF FRANKLIN. THE
TORNADO CROSSED INTO SANGAMON COUNTY AND MOVED EAST NORTHEAST
THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE TOWN OF LOAMI. IT THEN
CONTINUED TO THE EAST NORTHEAST...LIFTING 1.5 MILES NORTHWEST
OF CHATHAM AROUND 308 PM. THE TORNADO STARTED OUT AROUND
200 YARDS WIDE AND WAS AROUND ONE QUARTER OF A MILE WIDE IN
RURAL PORTIONS OF EASTERN MORGAN AND SANGAMON COUNTIES. IT
WAS ABOUT 200 YARDS IN WIDTH IN LOAMI. IN LOAMI...9 HOMES
WERE DESTROYED WITH 15 HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED. ALONG THE
REMAINDER OF THE PATH...THE TORNADO PRODUCED DAMAGE TO SEVERAL
HOMES...FARM MACHINERY SHEDS...AND MAJOR TREE AND CROP
DAMAGE. THE PATH LENGTH OF THIS TORNADO WAS 16 MILES.
THE TORNADO WAS RATED AN EF2 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE
WITH AN ESTIMATED WIND SPEED REACHING A MAXIMUM OF 125 MPH.
A THIRD TORNADO TRAVELED FROM WILLIAMSVILLE...IN NORTHERN
SANGAMON COUNTY...TO JUST EAST OF BEASON IN LOGAN COUNTY.
THE TORNADO SET DOWN ON THE WEST SIDE OF WILLIAMSVILLE...JUST
EAST OF I-55...NEAR THE WILLIAMSVILLE EXIT...AT 319 PM. THE
TORNADO DESTROYED AN ANTIQUE MALL...DAMAGED THE CASEYS
AND COLLAPSED THE CANOPY OVER THE GAS PUMPS. ONE PERSON
WAS INJURED AT THE MALL...WHILE 2 MOTORCYCLE RIDERS WERE
INJURED AS THE TORNADO THREW THEM FROM THEIR BIKES. THE
TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST INTO WILLIAMSVILLE AND HIT A
CHURCH...THROWING A 2-HORSE TRAILER ONTO THE ROOF OF THE
CHURCH...AND COLLAPSING THE ROOF OVER HALF OF THE BUILDING.
ONE PERSON WAS INJURED IN THE CHURCH WHEN THE TORNADO HIT. THE
TORNADO THEN CONTINUED THROUGH THE NORTHERN PART OF TOWN DOING
MAINLY TREE DAMAGE AND SOME HOUSING DAMAGE. TWO HOMES LOST THEIR
ROOFS AND SEVERAL OTHER HOMES LOST PORTIONS OF THEIR ROOFS. THE
TORNADO ALSO CAVED IN THE SOUTHERN END OF A METAL
BUILDING...PART OF AN AGRICULTURE BUSINESS, ON THE EDGE
OF TOWN. THE WIDTH OF THE TORNADO THROUGH TOWN RANGED
FROM 100-150 YARDS WIDE. THE MAXIMUM WIND SPEED WAS
135 MPH...DUE TO THE DAMAGE TO THE CHURCH. THE TORNADO
WAS RATED AN EF2 AT WILLIAMSVILLE. 4 PEOPLE WERE INJURED
IN WILLIAMSVILLE.
THE TORNADO CONTINUED ON THE GROUND...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST
OF TOWN FLATTENING CORNFIELDS...DAMAGING FARM OUTBUILDINGS
AND MACHINE SHEDS...DAMAGING HOMES...GARAGES...AND VEHICLES ON
LESTER ROAD. ONE HOME WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED...AND ANOTHER
WITH EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AS THE TORNADO WIDENED TO 600 YARDS.
A 19 MONTH OLD WAS INJURED AS THE FAMILY HOME WAS HIT BY
THE TORNADO. THE WINDS AT THESE LOCATIONS WERE ESTIMATED
TO BE ABOUT 140 MPH...WITH A TORNADO RATING OF EF3. THE
TORNADO CONTINUED THROUGH FIELDS CAUSING EXTENSIVE CROP
DAMAGE UNTIL CROSSING INTO LOGAN COUNTY AT 326PM. THE
TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR 4.5 MILES IN SANGAMON COUNTY.
THE TORNADO CONTINUED INTO LOGAN COUNTY TO THE NORTHEAST
AND WIDENED TO CLOSE TO ONE HALF MILE AT SEVERAL PLACES.
MULTIPLE HOMES HAD ROOFS AND WALLS GONE...OUTBUILDINGS
BLOWN OVER A MILE AWAY...OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED AND GRAIN
BINS BLOWN AWAY. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD
TREE DAMAGE AND FLATTEN MANY CORN FIELDS. IN SOME PLACES THE
CORN WAS LAYING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS...INDICATING THE
STRENGTH OF THE TORNADO WINDS AS IT MOVED TO THE NORTHEAST.
AT SOME PLACES...THE TORNADO DID WEAKEN...WHICH COINCIDES
WITH THE ROTATION WEAKENING ON RADAR...BUT REMAINED ON THE
GROUND. THE WIND SPEEDS OF THE TORNADO WERE ESTIMATED TO BE
140 MPH AFTER IT CROSSED INTO LOGAN COUNTY COMPLETELY
DESTROYING ANOTHER HOME...DECREASING TO 110-120 MPH AS IT
MOVED TO AREAS BETWEEN LINCOLN AND MOUNT PULASKI. 2 INJURIES
OCCURRED IN LOGAN COUNTY...AS TWO MEN WERE THROWN FROM A
MAINTENANCE BUILDING AS THE TORNADO HIT. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED NORTHEAST BEFORE WEAKENING TO SPEEDS OF 90-100 MPH,
WITH A WIDTH OF 50-100 YARDS. THE TORNADO FINALLY DISSIPATED
JUST EAST OF BEASON AT 402PM. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND
IN LOGAN COUNTY FOR 20 MILES...WITH A MAXIMUM RATING OF EF3,
MAINLY WHERE IT FIRST CROSSED INTO THE COUNTY.
FROM WILLIAMSVILLE TO BEASON...THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND
FOR 24.5 MILES...FROM 318-402PM...WITH A MAXIMUM WIND SPEED
OF 140MPH...WITH A TORNADO RATING OF EF3. THERE WERE 7 TOTAL
INJURIES.
ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE...
EF0...65-85 MPH
EF1...86-110 MPH
EF2...111-135 MPH
EF3...136-165 MPH
EF4...166-200 MPH
EF5...OVER 200 MPH
JAMES AUTEN
METEOROLOGIST
HEATHER STANLEY
METEOROLOGIST
AMY JANKOWSKI
METEOROLOGIST
TIM GROSS
METEOROLOGIST
ERNEST GOETSCH
METEOROLOGIST IN CHARGE
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