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Preliminary Local Storm Report

National Weather Service Chicago IL

809 PM CST Tue Dec 30 2025



..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...

..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....

            ..REMARKS..



0332 PM     Tornado          2 S Gibson City         40.44N 88.38W

12/28/2025                   Ford               IL   NWS Storm Survey 



            Based on eyewitness accounts and an 

            assessment of damage photos provided to the 

            NWS by the Ford County EMA and local 

            broadcast media, it has been confirmed that 

            a brief EF-0 tornado with estimated peak 

            winds of 85 MPH, path length of 0.85 miles, 

            and maximum width of 20 yards impacted the 

            GDM facility south of Gibson City, peeling a 

            portion of the metal roof off of a building 

            there. No additional damage appeared to be 

            caused by this tornado. 





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