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Tornado Warning — Warned Area, IL — Apr 18, 2026

NWS DVN · ETN 48 · National Weather Service warning
Radar-indicated position & projected track

Event Summary

The National Weather Service office DVN issued a tornado warning at 00:08 UTC on Apr 18, 2026. The warning was in effect for 52 minutes, ending at Apr 18, 2026 01:00 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 40.34, -90.99, moving east at about 53 mph.

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Counties Affected

Towns in the Path

Storm Reports

TimeLocationCounty / StateEFRemarks
4 WNW Colmar Hancock, IL UNK An EF-1 tornado starting in Hancock County tracked east-southeast before turning east through western McDonough County. It tracked just north of Colmar. Along the path (DVN)
4 NE Industry McDonough, IL UNK The tornado began about 3.5 miles northeast of Industry where it did some tree damage followed by snapping of 7 power poles along N 600th Rd. It progressed east between (DVN)
1 WNW Table Grove Fulton, IL UNK This is a correction to a previous tornado LSR. EF1... peak wind speed 110 mph... path length 11.3 miles... path width 900 yds. This tornado entered Fulton County from (ILX)
1 W Table Grove Fulton, IL UNK EF2... max wind speed 130 mph... path length 5.44 mi. The tornado touched down along County Rd 650 100 yards into McDonough County where it did significant tree damage. (ILX)
2 N Table Grove Fulton, IL UNK EF1... peak wind speed 110 mph... path length 18.6 mi. The tornado touched down about 2 miles north of Table Grove where it destroyed a newer grain bin with wind speeds (ILX)
2 E Table Grove Fulton, IL UNK This is a correction to a previous tornado LSR. EF2... peak wind speed 130 mph... path length 18.1 miles... path width 500 yds. The tornado touched down 2 miles east of (ILX)
Bluff City Schuyler, IL UNK Corrects previous tornado report from Bath. EF1... peak wind speed 105 mph... path length 36.7 miles. This long track tornado spanned nearly the entire width of Mason C (ILX)
Bath Mason, IL UNK EF1... peak wind speed 105 mph... path length 31.85 miles. This long track tornado spanned nearly the entire width of Mason County... starting in Bath and ending just a (ILX)

Preliminary local storm reports (SPC) within the warned area window — subject to revision after NWS surveys.

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