Overview
- The storm system produced nearly three dozen reported tornadoes that struck southern Illinois, southwest Indiana and parts of the Plains, with survey teams dispatched Monday to verify counts and assign preliminary EF ratings.
- Sunday’s tornadoes killed three people: two residents of single‑wide mobile homes in northeastern Jefferson County, Illinois, and one person in Sedgwick County, Kansas after a manufactured home was blown off its foundation.
- Local officials reported widespread structural damage, including at least three destroyed homes in Jefferson County and several homes described as completely obliterated in Gibson County, Indiana, plus knocked-down trees and damaged roofs across multiple communities.
- The larger storm system also produced derecho‑like extreme winds across the Plains and Oklahoma with gusts measured up to about 102 mph, a freight train derailment with no reported hazmat leaks, and tens of thousands of customers briefly losing power.
- Officials urged residents to avoid damaged areas, watch for downed power lines and debris, and heed watches and warnings as heavy rain and damaging winds threaten parts of the Ohio Valley and Mid‑Atlantic while final NWS damage assessments continue.