April 7 Event
| F# | Location | County | Time (UTC) | Path length | Damage | |
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| Illinois | ||||||
| F0 | SW of Eden | Peoria | 2101 | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) |
Brief touchdown with no damage | |
| F0 | NW of Clear Lake | Cass | 2110 | 0.3 miles (0.5 km) |
Minor damage to 5 cabins. | |
| F2 | NE of Clear Lake | Mason | 2120 | 3 miles (4.8 km) |
A frame house was moved from its foundation with an exterior wall blown off, 3 outbuildings, two grain bins and a barn were destroyed | |
| F1 | NW of Bath | Mason | 2135 | 0.3 miles (0.5 km) |
Damage to a frame house with its garage destroyed. Ten home sustained moderate to major damage with several others along with businesses suffering minor damage. Another garage was destroyed | |
| F0 | NW of Ormonde | Warren | 2231 | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) |
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| F0 | Vermont area | Fulton | 2235 | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) |
Brief touchdown on a field | |
| F0 | Monmouth area (1st tornado) | Warren | 2242 | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) |
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| F1 | Monmouth area (2nd tornado) | Warren | 2252 | 0.5 miles (0.8 km) |
Farm buildings were damaged or destroyed. | |
| F0 | SW of Havana | Mason | 2255 | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) |
Brief touchdown with no damage | |
| F1 | NE of Monmouth | Warren | 2302 | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) |
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| F2 | NE of Havana | Fulton, Mason | 2304 | 11 miles (17.6 km) |
A mobile home and a machine shed were destroyed. Irrigation equipment was overturned and a pumping station was damaged | |
| F0 | NW of Mount Pulaski | Logan | 2305 | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) |
Brief touchdown with no damage | |
| F0 | S of Gerlaw | Warren | 2313 | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) |
Brief touchdown with damage to a cemetery. | |
| F0 | NW of Moweaqua | Christian | 2314 | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) |
Brief touchdown with no damage | |
| F0 | NE of Pleak | Shelby | 2328 | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) |
Brief touchdown in a field | |
| F0 | SE of Todds Point | Shelby | 2340 | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) |
Brief touchdown in a field | |
| F2 | S of Cadwell to S of Arthur | Moultrie, Douglas | 0008 | 11 miles (17.6 km) |
29 homes and several barns and outbuildings were damaged or destroyed. One mobile home was blown off its foundation. 8 people were injured. | |
| F0 | SE of Hartsburg | Logan | 0023 | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) |
Damage limited to trees | |
| F0 | N of Hindsboro (1st tornado) | Douglas | 0042 | 0.2 miles (0.32 km) |
A machine shed was destroyed | |
| F0 | NW of Hindsboro (2nd tornado) | Douglas | 0058 | 0.3 miles (0.5 km) |
Damage to power poles and outbuildings | |
| F0 | S of Newman | Douglas | 0104 | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) |
Brief touchdown in a field with no damage | |
| F0 | N of Brocton | Edgar | 0111 | 0.2 miles (0.32 km) |
A shed was destroyed and utility poles were damaged | |
| F0 | Chrisman area | Edgar | 0115 | 0.2 miles (0.32 km) |
Minor damage to a barn although debris from it smashed windows of homes and businesses | |
| F0 | SE of Sidell | Vermilion | 0120 | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) |
Brief touchdown with no damage | |
| F0 | NW of Metcalf | Edgar | 0129 | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) |
Brief touchdown with no damage | |
| F0 | NE of Chrisman | Edgar | 0149 | 0.2 miles (0.32 km) |
One home, 2 barns and a machine shed suffered roof damage. | |
| Missouri | ||||||
| F1 | SW of Wayland | Missouri | 2120 | 2.5 miles (4 km) |
2 machine sheds and a barn were destroyed and a mobile home flipped over | |
| Iowa | ||||||
| F0 | W of Fort Madison | Lee | 2145 | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) |
Brief touchdown with no damage | |
| F0 | Fort Madison area | Lee | 2200 | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) |
Brief touchdown with no damage | |
| F0 | N of New Boston | Lee | 2202 | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) |
One home sustained minor roof damage | |
| Indiana | ||||||
| F0 | NW of Dana | Vermilion | 0133 | 0.1 miles (0.16 km) |
A pole barn was destroyed | |
| F1 | W of North Union | Montgomery | 0245 | 1.2 miles (1.9 km) |
A garage and a pole barn were destroyed while the roof of another barn was damaged | |
| F0 | E of Willisville | Pike | 0251 | 0.5 miles (0.8 km) |
Brief touchdown in a field | |
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