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SUMMARY OF 2 CORES OF DAMAGE IN AREA………….

March 8th, 2009 at 6:19 pm by Chad Evans under Weather


SEVERE REPORTS AS OF 5:50 P.M. EASTERN (From NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center)

DAMAGE CORE #1:
POWER POLES SNAPPED IN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, IL, 70 MPH GUSTS ACROSS VERMILION COUNTY, TRAILER OVERTURNED, NUMEROUS TREES & POWER LINES DOWN IN VERMILION & NORTHWEST WARREN COUNTIES.

DAMAGE CORE #2:
MOBILE HOME DESTROYED AND MODERATE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE SEVERAL HOUSES 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAWRENCEVILLE, IL. SEVERAL BARNS DAMAGED AND TREES DOWN. DAMAGE EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTHEAST OF LAWRENCEVILLE AIRPORT TO SOUTH OF RUSSELVILLE. 1″ HAIL NEAR WAYNE/CLAY CO. LINE, 0.88″-1″ HAIL NORTH OF LAWRENCEVILLE. ROTATION SPOTTED IN MIDDLE OF FIELD. DAMAGE REPORTED NORTH OF ROTATION NEAR WAYNE/CLAY CO. LINE. CLOUD WAS BLACK AND ROTATING AT GROUND LEVEL AND MOVING EAST. 2 HOMES DAMAGED…1 WAS A BRICK HOME WITH ROOF COMPLETELY GONE, 2 FARM SHEDS DAMAGED & NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED 6 MILES SOUTH OF CLAY CITY, IL. POWER POLES SNAPPED & TORNADO TOUCHDOWN REPORTED SOUTHWEST OF PARKERSBURG, IL (RICHLAND COUNTY). FARM HOUSE, SHOP & GRAIN BINS EITHER HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED NEAR FREELANDVILLE. PORCH WAS RIPPED OFF HOME & METAL DEBRIS SCATTERED OVER 1 MILE NEAR FREELANDVILLE. STATE HIGHWAY 58 CLOSED FOR A WHILE DUE TO DEBRI IN ROAD. TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND AT OAKTOWN, ALSO 2 MILES SOUTH OF ODON, 8 MILES NORTH OF LOOGOOTEE & 3 MILES WEST OF BEDFORD. 91 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED AT LAWRENCEVILLE-VINCENNES AIRPORT….83 MPH GUST MEASURED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ODON. TRAILER DESTROYED, TREES & POWER LINES DOWN, BARN UNROOFED, 2 HOMES HEAVILY DAMAGED, 1 INJURED & FARM SHED HEAVILY DAMAGED WITH ITS DEBRI BLOWN ONTO U.S. 231 SOUTHEAST OF ODON. CARS/CAMPER HEAVILY DAMAGED AT RESIDENCE SOUTHEAST OF ODON, IN ADDITION TO CHURCH BEING DAMAGED. PATH OF DAMAGE ACROSS LAWRENCE COUNTY, INDIANA. 1 INJURY IN WESTERN LAWRENCE COUNTY WITH BUS THROWN INTO A RESIDENCE.