Tornado in Illinois, April 24, 2002

Name: Tornado in Illinois, April 24, 2002
Start: 2002-04-24T16:13
End: 2002-04-24T16:13
Location: Illinois

April 24, 2002 · NWS PAH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 24, 2:15 PM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 2:15 PM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
315 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

WILL KEEP DISCUSSION SHORT DUE TO SVR WX AND GRID TRANSFER PROBLEMS
IN IFPS.

CURRENT FCST WILL TREND SVR POTENTIAL EWD THROUGH CWA THROUGH 03Z.
THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH MARKEDLY FROM 03Z TO 06Z...AS FROPA MOVES
EAST OF FCST AREA. GIVE HIGH PWS...SUSPECT LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL
ALSO BE A THREAT WITH THE SCATTERED WIND/HAIL DAMAGE POTENTIAL.

AFTER TONIGHT...I WILL KEEP MENTION OF SHWRS ONLY FOR FRIDAY...WITH
A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY. I INCREASED POP FOR
MONDAY INTO TUESDAY PCPN EVENT...AS MEDIUM RANGE ENSEMBLES STILL
SHOW A FOCUSED BOUNDARY AND LIFT OVER THE AREA. ALTHOUGH A SMALL
CHANCE OF PCPN IS POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY...WILL KEEP IT DRY AT THIS
TIME.

FOR MAX/MIN TEMPS...WENT SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN MAV GUIDANCE IN SHORT
TERM...THEN SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN MEX /NOW AVN EXTENDED/ MOS GUIDANCE.

MANUALLY GENERATED ZONES SHOULD BE AVAILABLE NO LATER THAN 4 PM. CCF
WILL DELAYED A LITTLE LONGER.

.PAH...NONE.

SMITH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 24, 3:24 PM CST, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
424 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0402 PM    6W MCLEANSBORO            IL   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/02   HAMILTON                       REPORTED BY FIRE RESCUE

0423 PM    CARMI                     IL   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/02   WHITE                          REPORTED BY EVANSVILLE
                                          MEDIA

0415 PM    VAN BUREN                 MO   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/24/02   CARTER

0415 PM    VAN BUREN                 MO   FUNNEL CLOUD
04/24/02   CARTER                         REPORTED BY SPOTTER

0415 PM    1S VAN BUREN              MO   WIND DAMAGE
04/24/02   CARTER                         TREES DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY
                                          103

Local storm report, Apr 24, 3:40 PM CST, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
440 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0423 PM    VAN BUREN                 MO   TORNADO
04/24/02   CARTER                         SOUTH SIDE OF VAN BUREN.
                                          TREES AND POWER LINES
                                          DOWN. WINDOWS BLOWN OUT.
                                          REPORTED BY SHERIFF.

0439 PM    1E ELLSINORE              MO   TORNADO
04/24/02   CARTER                         TORNADO ON THE GROUND
                                          REPORTED BY STATE
                                          POLICE.

Local storm report, Apr 24, 3:51 PM CST, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
451 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0448 PM    MOUNT VERNON              IN   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/24/02   POSEY                          REPORTED BY EVANSVILLE
                                          EMA

Local storm report, Apr 24, 3:56 PM CST, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
456 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0456 PM    BUFKIN                    IN   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/24/02   POSEY                          REPORTED BY STATE POLICE

0456 PM    HIGHWAY 67                MO   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/24/02   BUTLER                         REPORTED BY EM

Local storm report, Apr 24, 4:03 PM CST, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
503 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0455 PM                              MO   TORNADO
04/24/02   BUTLER                         REPORTED BY STATE POLICE
                                          IN NORTHERN BUTLER. ON
                                          THE GROUND ALONG HIGHWAY
                                          417.

Local storm report, Apr 24, 4:13 PM CST, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
513 PM CDT WED APR 24 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0509 PM    1S HENDRICKSON            MO   TORNADO
04/24/02   BUTLER                         TORNADO ON THE GROUND.
                                          EASTBOUND ON HIGHWAY 67
                                          AND O HIGHWAY. STRUCTURAL
                                          DAMAGE WITH ROOFS OFF.

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1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Gallatin

When: April 24, 4:13 PM CST
Where: Gallatin County, Equality
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 20 yd
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.733, -88.333

The tornado briefly touched down in open country and produced no known damage.

What these are

Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Illinois in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Illinois, 2002 Warnings in Illinois, April 2002

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5292301.