2023 Robinson–Sullivan tornado

In the evening hours of March 31, 2023, a large and intense tornado would strike several towns in Illinois and Indiana, killing six people and leaving a 40.86-mile (65.76 km) path of destruction in its wake.The surrounding area, which extended into central portions of Kentucky and Tennessee, extreme southwestern Indiana, and northwestern Alabama, was given a 10% hatched risk for tornadoes.The first high risk area covered southeastern Iowa, northwestern Illinois, and far northeastern Missouri, while the second included eastern Arkansas, southwestern Tennessee, and northern Mississippi.Supercells would be more scattered, but longer tracked within the southern high-risk area with multiple rounds of tornadic storms capable of producing long-lived strong to violent tornadoes expected.As it passed near Pierceburg, the tornado collapsed the roof structure of a machine shed, snapped wooden power poles, and sheared off the tops of trees.[8][7] Aerial video of this area showed that multiple homes and farmsteads were completely destroyed with outbuildings swept from their foundations and debris scattered long distances across fields.[10][11] Moving through the southern edge of Robinson, the tornado maintained EF2 to EF3 strength as it continued northeastward completely destroying two mobile homes along County Highway 9, killing one person in each structure.Multiple metal airplane hangars, which had rigid steel beam frames measuring greater than 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter, were completely destroyed, including some that were swept away.[8][7][12] The tornado then crossed the Wabash River into Sullivan County, Indiana, just north of Riverton, maintaining high-end EF1 to EF2 strength as it passed to the south of Merom.Multiple barns and outbuildings were completely demolished, farming equipment was tossed around, a residence sustained roof damage, and numerous large trees and power poles were snapped.The tornado then quickly weakened as it exited Sullivan and continued to the east-northeast, overturning a dump truck and damaging trees in wooded areas before dissipating to the east of the town.

The tornado emergency that was issued by the National Weather Service as the tornado approached Robinson at EF3 intensity.

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