Storms that passed through west-central Illinois on Monday — bringing hail, high winds and four tornado touchdowns — marked the first of this year’s severe-weather season.
“Typically we see our peak from April to mid-June,” said Alex Erwin, meteorologist for the National Weather Service. “It certainly was not uncommon for this time of year.”
Four tornadoes touched down during the evening, the first of them near Arenzville, just past the Cass County border, Erwin said.
As of Tuesday, no damage had been reported as a result of the tornadoes, which touched down over rural farm land.
“They were shortlived,” Erwin said.
The other three confirmed tornadoes were in Sangamon County — one near Pleasant Plains just east of Virginia, one in Mechanicsburg and one in Dawson near Interstate 72. No tornado was sighted in Morgan County.
Although no damage resulted from the high winds, 1.5-inch hail damaged cars in Virginia and 2-inch hail was reported in Macon County, Erwin said.
“They’re about the size of a ping pong ball,” he said.
Jacksonville was south of Monday’s storms and was not at risk, said Phil McCarty, Morgan County Emergency Management director.
“Jacksonville was never under a tornado warning; it was close but it wasn’t there,” he said.
Still, emergency responders know things can change quickly, McCarty said.
“We knew the conditions were ripe,” he said. “Yesterday it escalated.”
But, for McCarty, reading weather patterns in modern times is a lot different from 20 years ago, he said, noting that people can better prepare during storm season these days.
“We now have a lot more technology,” McCarty said. “It’s about knowing what could happen,” he said, adding that warnings sent out should be heeded.
Regardless of whether you’re indoors or out, it’s always better to take shelter during a storm, he said.
“We hope it becomes muscle memory when your adrenaline is running,” he said.
If a warning occurs, one should seek shelter in a basement or an interior structure away from windows where flying debris could be an additional threat, McCarty said.
If seeking shelter indoors is not an option, people should find a low-lying area like a ditch in which to shelter, he said, noting that sheltering under an overpass should be avoided.
People also should keep their phones charged and flashlights and batteries close at hand.
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