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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
735 PM CST Mon Nov 18 2013

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 11/17/13 TORNADOES IN CLINTON...
FAYETTE...AND EFFINGHAM COUNTIES...CORRECTION...

...CORRECTED FOR EVENT DATE...

A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED TWO TORNADOES ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS DURING THE LATE MORNING/EARLY
AFTERNOON HOURS OF SUNDAY NOVEMBER 17TH 2013.

.BREESE TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  0.4 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   50 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             11/17/13 
START TIME:             17:47 UTC (11:47 PM CST)
START LOCATION:         7 NORTH BREESE
START LAT/LON:          38.7097/-89.5174

END DATE:               11/17/13
END TIME:               17:48 UTC (11:48 PM CST)
END LOCATION:           38.7119/-89.5113
END_LAT/LON:            7 NORTH-NORTHEAST BREESE

A WEAK TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
JAMESTOWN ROAD AND LOW BRIDGE ROAD AND MOVED EAST
NEARLY A HALF MILE BEFORE DISSIPATING. IT DESTROYED A 
GARAGE, REMOVED SHINGLES FROM A HOUSE, DESTROYED A 
POLE BARN AND SNAPPED A NUMBER OF LARGE TREES. THIS
TORNADO WAS PHOTOGRAPHED BY NUMEROUS PEOPLE.

.ST. ELMO TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    120 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  11.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   200 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             11/17/13 
START TIME:             18:22 UTC (12:22 PM CST)
START LOCATION:         4.6 SOUTHWEST OF ST. ELMO
START LAT/LON:          38.9965/-88.9290

END DATE:               11/17/13
END TIME:               18:32 UTC (12:32 PM CST)
END LOCATION:           6.9 NORTHEAST OF ST. ELMO
END_LAT/LON:            39.0123/-88.7661

A STRONG TORNADO DEVELOPED BETWEEN HIGHWAY 40 AND INTERSTATE 70
ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST. ELMO. THE TORNADO DESTROYED A 
BARN, DEPOSITING DEBRIS DOWNSTREAM INTO THE ADJACENT OPEN FIELD.
THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST ACROSS HIGHWAY 40 DAMAGING A FEW
OUTBUILDINGS AND SILOS ON A FARMSTEAD. THE TORNADO STRENGTHENED 
AND GREW IN SIZE AS IT MOVED JUST TO THE WEST OF ST. ELMO. 
HERE IT CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THREE HOMES AND SEVERE
DAMAGE/COMPLETE DESTRUCTION TO NUMEROUS OUTBUILDINGS. TWO OF
THE HOUSES WERE MOVED FROM THEIR FOUNDATIONS. THIS DAMAGE WAS
RATED EF2. 

THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST TOWARD THE ST. ELMO GOLF CLUB, 
CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TREES AND DESTROYING A GARAGE AND
TWO OUTBUILDINGS AT A RESIDENCE LOCATED ON ST. ELMO COUNTRY
CLUB ROAD. 

THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST CROSSING COUNTY HIGHWAY 2150,
COUNTY ROAD 2300, ILLINOIS HIGHWAY 128 (FAYETTE/EFFINGHAM
COUNTY LINE), AND FINALLY DISSIPATING JUST NORTHEAST OF THE
INTERSECTION OF NORTH 200TH STREET AND EAST 1300TH AVENUE. 
MOST OF THE DAMAGE OBSERVED ALONG THE REMAINDER OF THE PATH 
WAS TO TREES AND SMALL OUTBUILDINGS.   

NUMEROUS PEOPLE THAT WERE INTERVIEWED STATED THEY OBSERVED
THE TORNADO FROM ST. ELMO.

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. 

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CVKING/CARNEY