According to the National Weather Service of the Quad Cities, the line of severe thunderstorms on Easter Sunday brought scattered severe winds and embedded areas of rotation, with at least nine tornadoes documented in the warning area. These spin-up tornadoes are “relatively weak and short-lived and form quickly, often from a line of thunderstorms (quasi-linear convective system or QLCS), rather than a supercell.
According to Meteorologist Andrew Stutzke (WQAD), the tornado touched down just east of Tampico on IL 92 and went to the Bureau/Whiteside County line, with damage to a barn, trees, and power poles reported.
Whiteside County Emergency Management assisted with NWS’s storm survey on Monday and reported that the tornado touched down from 9:26 p.m. to 9:28 p.m. and traveled one mile with a maximum width of 50 yards. Estimated peak winds were 100 mph, and the tornado snapped a power pole and damaged three others.
Henry County had six tornadoes and the most damage during this storm, with tornadoes reported near Galva, Bishop Hill, Kewanee, Atkinson, and Geneseo. Check out the event summary report here.
