Recovery efforts continue here in Illinois, along with Arkansas and Kentucky in the wake of Friday night’s deadly tornadoes. That includes the storm that hit Mattoon that was part of the massive front that wreaked havoc across the Midwest.
The National Weather Service confirmed EF-2 tornado damage near Herrick in southern Shelby County, with surveys still pending in Moultrie and Coles counties.
Preliminary reports from the National Weather Service show the first report of a tornado from a storm spotter in Moultrie County came at 9:52 p.m. two miles west of Gays and a second sighting was reported one minute later. The FS Plant on Route 16 between Windsor and Gays was destroyed.
At 10 p.m., the weather service had a report of high winds in the area of the Rural King Distribution Center along Illinois 121 in Mattoon that resulted in a truck being overturned. At 10:02 p.m. trained weather spotters reported a tornado in southeast Coles County and at 10:04 p.m. a tornado was reported in northwest Coles County. Cleanup and recovery efforts continue.
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