Tuesday, Feb. 27, three tornadoes touched down along with one funnel cloud that was spotted in Champaign County.
Thankfully, of the three tornadoes that actually touched down, none caused any notable damage and no one got hurt. Because no one got hurt, they won’t be classified as tornadoes but rather as “EF-Undefined.”
Two of the tornadoes touched down in Champaign and both headed northeast toward Rantoul and Gifford.
One of the tornadoes was spotted near Saint Thomas Moore High School, just a few miles from the Parkland campus. The second one touched down in Champaign over Memorial Stadium, the University of Illinois football stadium.
Video of the formation and touch down of the first tornado located just next to Saint Thomas Moore High School
These often-disastrous storms have set a record today.
Not only have they set a record for the time of year they are occurring, but for the time of day as well.
Strangely, today’s tornadoes took place before 10:30 a.m. Based on information provided by WCIA News Station, the average time a tornado happens is between 3-7 p.m. with the peak time being 5 p.m.
As for the month, this is the first confirmed February tornado in Champaign County since they started keeping records back in 1950.
While we’re starting off this week with weather mimicking spring and tornado season, it’s being reported that by the end of the week, we will be seeing another winter storm with snow and ice.
For more information on today’s storms and tornadoes, check out WCIA’s website for their updates and more facts about today’s cyclones as well as some other videos people took during the chaos.