 Thirteen tornadoes which killed
two persons and injured more than 20, occurred in Illinois between
approximately 2:07 and 5:00 p.m. CDT, April 3. Six primary tornado
tracks have been identified in Logan, McLean, Macon, Champaign,
and Vermilion counties. Brief or less destructive touchdowns
were reported in Christian, Coles, Edgar, Piatt, and Grundy Counties.
The two deaths were in mobile homes, one in Decatur (Macon County)
about 2:40 p.m. CDT, the other near Tolono (Champaign County)
at 3:48 p.m. CDT. At Decatur over $3 million in damage was reported.
Other hard-hit communities included Anchor (McLean County) and
Bismarck (Vermilion County). |