National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

...DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR JACKSON COUNTY ILLINOIS...

THE FOLLOWING IS THE PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FOR
JACKSON COUNTY ILLINOIS.

 * EVENT TYPE.........EF1 TORNADO

 * EVENT DATE.........FRIDAY MARCH 23 2012

 * EVENT TIME.........BEGAN AT APPROXIMATELY 1224 PM CDT

 * EVENT LOCATION.....THE TORNADO BEGAN 3.5 NORTHWEST OF DESOTO
   ALONG TRUAX TRAER ROAD AND TRAVELED NORTHEAST TO 3.5 MILES SOUTHEAST
   OF DUQUOIN NEAR THE JACKSON...PERRY AND FRANKLIN COUNTY LINES.

 * PEAK WIND..........90 MPH

 * AVG. PATH WIDTH....125 YARDS

 * PATH LENGTH........7.5 MILES (THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS THAT
   THE TORNADO WAS PERIODICALLY SKIPPING ALONG THE PATH)

 * INJURIES...........NONE

 * FATALITIES.........NONE

 * DAMAGE DETAIL......DOZENS OF TREES UPROOTED AND SNAPPED...MOST
   OF THE TREES WERE SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED. ONE BARN DESTROYED.
   SEVERAL SHEDS AND CARPORTS DAMAGED. A FEW HOMES WITH MINOR
   DAMAGE TO SIDING. FLAG POLE BLOWN DOWN. THERE WERE NUMEROUS EYE
   WITNESSES AND NWS TRAINED SPOTTERS WHO SAW THIS TORNADO AND TOOK
   PICTURES AND/OR VIDEO.



...DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR OPDYKE ILLINOIS...

THE FOLLOWING IS THE PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FOR OPDYKE
ILLINOIS. (JEFFERSON COUNTY ILLINOIS)

 * EVENT TYPE.........EF2 TORNADO

 * EVENT DATE.........FRIDAY MARCH 23 2012

 * EVENT TIME.........BEGAN AT APPROXIMATELY 126 PM CDT

 * EVENT LOCATION.....THE TORNADO BEGAN 5.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOUNT
   VERNON OR JUST NORTHWEST OF OPDYKE.  THE TORNADO LIFTED ABOUT 5
   MILES EAST OF MOUNT VERNON JUST SOUTHEAST OF LIBERTY AND NORTH
   LIGHTHOUSE ROAD.

 * PEAK WIND..........130 MPH

 * AVG. PATH WIDTH....100 YARDS

 * PATH LENGTH........2.5 MILES

 * INJURIES...........2

 * FATALITIES.........1 FEMALE

 * DAMAGE DETAIL......A TIED DOWN DOUBLE WIDE MOBILE HOME WAS LIFTED
   AND TOSSED 100 FEET ACROSS THE ROAD AND WAS DESTROYED. THE
   UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE MOBILE HOME WAS CARRIED A COUPLE HUNDRED
   YARDS. ONE HOME HAD WINDOWS BLOWN OUT ON THE SECOND STORY AND
   SOME SIDING DAMAGE. ONE BARN WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED. A FEW TREE TOPS
   WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. 2 BARNS WERE DAMAGED NEAR THE END
   OF THE TRACK.





PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
346 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0800 AM     HAIL             16 SE DEXTER            36.63N 89.76W
03/23/2012  E0.25 INCH       STODDARD           MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

0919 AM     HAIL             SCOTT CITY              37.22N 89.53W
03/23/2012  M0.25 INCH       SCOTT              MO   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

0932 AM     HAIL             WAPPAPELLO              36.94N 90.27W
03/23/2012  E0.75 INCH       WAYNE              MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

0935 AM     HAIL             FISK                    36.78N 90.21W
03/23/2012  M0.25 INCH       STODDARD           MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

1056 AM     HAIL             JACKSON                 37.38N 89.65W
03/23/2012  E0.25 INCH       CAPE GIRARDEAU     MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

1100 AM     HAIL             1 S DELTA               37.18N 89.74W
03/23/2012  M0.75 INCH       CAPE GIRARDEAU     MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

1105 AM     HAIL             3 W JACKSON             37.38N 89.71W
03/23/2012  M0.75 INCH       CAPE GIRARDEAU     MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

1107 AM     HAIL             JACKSON                 37.38N 89.65W
03/23/2012  M1.75 INCH       CAPE GIRARDEAU     MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER ALSO REPORTED 50 MPH.

1111 AM     HAIL             JACKSON                 37.38N 89.65W
03/23/2012  M2.50 INCH       CAPE GIRARDEAU     MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

1126 AM     HAIL             METROPOLIS              37.15N 88.71W
03/23/2012  M0.75 INCH       MASSAC             IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

1133 AM     TORNADO          1 W NEELYS LANDING      37.50N 89.52W
03/23/2012                   CAPE GIRARDEAU     MO   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTS POSSIBLE BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN


1136 AM     FUNNEL CLOUD     E FRUITLAND             37.45N 89.64W
03/23/2012                   CAPE GIRARDEAU     MO   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTS POSSIBLE FUNNEL NEAR P AND G PLANT ON 177
            EAST OF FRUITLAND.

1142 AM     HAIL             1 E SIMPSON             37.47N 88.74W
03/23/2012  M0.75 INCH       JOHNSON            IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

1208 PM     HAIL             CARRIER MILLS           37.69N 88.63W
03/23/2012  M0.75 INCH       SALINE             IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

1214 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     5 N DE SOTO             37.89N 89.23W
03/23/2012                   JACKSON            IL   AMATEUR RADIO

1219 PM     HAIL             REIDLAND                37.01N 88.53W
03/23/2012  M1.00 INCH       MCCRACKEN          KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

1223 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     DE SOTO                 37.82N 89.23W
03/23/2012                   JACKSON            IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTS ROTATING WALL CLOUD NEAR DE SOTO

1224 PM     HAIL             NORRIS CITY             37.98N 88.33W
03/23/2012  M0.75 INCH       WHITE              IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

1226 PM     HAIL             2 NW HARRISBURG         37.76N 88.58W
03/23/2012  E1.75 INCH       SALINE             IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

1230 PM     TORNADO          DOWELL                  37.94N 89.24W
03/23/2012                   JACKSON            IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            BRIEF TOUCHDOWN JUST OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS OF DOWELL.
            IT TOUCHED DOWN AND THEN WENT BACK UP INTO THE CLOUDS.

1230 PM     TORNADO          ELKVILLE                37.91N 89.24W
03/23/2012                   JACKSON            IL   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORT RELAYED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OF A TORNADO
            NEAR TRUAX AND TRAYER ROAD.

1232 PM     TORNADO          3 NW CARBONDALE         37.76N 89.26W
03/23/2012                   JACKSON            IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            JUST NORTH OF SIU CARBONDALE AIRPORT. BRIEF TOUCHDOWN AND
            IT WENT BACK UP.

1242 PM     TORNADO          2 E DU QUOIN            38.00N 89.20W
03/23/2012                   PERRY              IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            BRIEF ROPE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL

1246 PM     HAIL             DU QUOIN                38.00N 89.24W
03/23/2012  E1.50 INCH       PERRY              IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

1247 PM     HAIL             DU QUOIN                38.00N 89.24W
03/23/2012  E1.75 INCH       PERRY              IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

0126 PM     TORNADO          OPDYKE                  38.26N 88.79W
03/23/2012                   JEFFERSON          IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

0131 PM     HAIL             CARMI                   38.09N 88.17W
03/23/2012  M1.00 INCH       WHITE              IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

0135 PM     HAIL             CARMI                   38.09N 88.17W
03/23/2012  E1.25 INCH       WHITE              IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

0136 PM     HAIL             3 NE SESSER             38.12N 89.01W
03/23/2012  E0.88 INCH       FRANKLIN           IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

0143 PM     HAIL             STURGIS                 37.55N 87.99W
03/23/2012  E0.75 INCH       UNION              KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

0212 PM     HAIL             BELLMONT                38.38N 87.91W
03/23/2012  E1.00 INCH       WABASH             IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

0216 PM     HAIL             BELLMONT                38.38N 87.91W
03/23/2012  E1.00 INCH       WABASH             IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER HAD TO PULL OVER DUE TO LARGE HAIL ON ROUTE 15.

0220 PM     HAIL             BELLMONT                38.38N 87.91W
03/23/2012  E1.75 INCH       WABASH             IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

0236 PM     HAIL             EVANSVILLE              37.98N 87.54W
03/23/2012  M0.75 INCH       VANDERBURGH        IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NEAR THE LLOYD HIGHWAY

0243 PM     HAIL             EVANSVILLE              37.98N 87.54W
03/23/2012  E0.88 INCH       VANDERBURGH        IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0245 PM     HAIL             DAYLIGHT                38.09N 87.49W
03/23/2012  M0.88 INCH       VANDERBURGH        IN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0248 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     JOHNSONVILLE            38.52N 88.54W
03/23/2012                   WAYNE              IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ALSO NICKEL HAIL REPORTED