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

NWS ILX · ETN 47 · National Weather Service warning
Radar-indicated position & projected track

Event Summary

The National Weather Service office ILX issued a tornado warning at 00:36 UTC on Apr 18, 2026. The warning was in effect for 24 minutes, ending at Apr 18, 2026 01:00 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 40.39, -90.49, moving east-northeast at about 63 mph.

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Counties Affected

Storm Reports

TimeLocationCounty / StateEFRemarks
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)
1 NNW Forest City Mason, IL UNK EF1... max wind speed 95 mph... path length 15.4 miles. The tornados path began approximately one mile north of Forest City ...along County Road 2800 E... where it firs (ILX)
5 ENE Easton Mason, IL UNK Tornado on the ground with debris. (ILX)
2 S Mapleton Tazewell, IL UNK EF1... max wind speed 90 mph... path length 6.3 miles. The tornado touched down just southwest of Powerton Lake... and moved along the south side of the lake... before (ILX)
3 ENE Greenview Menard, IL UNK EF1... max wind speed 100 mph... path length 5.9 miles. This tornado began about 2.5 miles northeast of Greenview and continued almost due west along N Middletown Road. (ILX)
2 NE South Pekin Tazewell, IL UNK EF1... max wind speed 95 mph... path length 2.3 miles. The tornado tracked east along Red Shale Hill Rd.... before turning northeast at Egg Ranch Rd. Most of the damage (ILX)
1 WSW Marquette Heights Tazewell, IL UNK EF1... max wind speed 95 mph... path length 2.3 mi. The tornado touched down along Lincoln Blvd on the southwest side of Marquette Heights where it did tree damage and (ILX)
Middletown Logan, IL UNK (ILX)

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

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