Fisher Illinois Tornado - July 12th, 2021

Regional Outbreaks of Severe Weather Through Early Next Week; Early Season Heat Wave across the South

Active spring pattern across the center of our nation with several episodes of severe weather and heavy rainfall expected into next week. The potential for very large hail, long track tornadoes, severe wind gusts, frequent cloud to ground lightning strikes and flash flooding are in the outlook. Furthermore, dangerous early season heat wave continues for the Gulf Coast states into early next week. Read More >

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1135 AM CDT TUE JUL 13 2021 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 7/12/2021 TORNADO EVENT... SEVERAL COLD AIR FUNNELS WERE OBSERVED ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS MONDAY AFTERNOON. ONE OF THESE FUNNELS BECAME A TORNADO WHEN IT TOUCHED DOWN 2 MILES WNW OF FISHER, ILLINOIS. .2 WNW FISHER TORNADO... RATING: EF-0 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.7 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS FATALITIES: 0 INJURIES: 0 START DATE: JUL 12, 2021 START TIME: 12:30 PM CDT START LOCATION: 2 WNW FISHER / CHAMPAIGN CO, IL END DATE: JUL 12, 2021 END TIME: 12:35 PM CDT END LOCATION: 3 ESE FOOSLAND / CHAMPAIGN CO, IL THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTHEAST OF A FARMSTEAD AND PROCEEDED TOWARD THE NORTHEAST. THE SOUTH WALL OF A MACHINE SHED WAS BLOWN IN AND METAL PANELING FROM THE ROOF WAS PEELED AWAY AND BLOWN INTO AN ADJACENT CORN FIELD. THE TORNADO LIFTED JUST EAST OF ILLINOIS 47. && EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH NOTE: THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. $$