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

NWS ILX · ETN 49 · National Weather Service warning
Radar-indicated position & projected track

Event Summary

The National Weather Service office ILX issued a tornado warning at 00:56 UTC on Apr 18, 2026. The warning was in effect for 34 minutes, ending at Apr 18, 2026 01:30 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 40.19, -90.13, moving east at about 67 mph.

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Counties Affected

Storm Reports

TimeLocationCounty / StateEFRemarks
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)
3 SSE Delavan Tazewell, IL UNK EF1... peak wind speed 100 mph... path length 10.5 miles... path width 1100 yds. This tornado touched down about 3 miles south of Delavan and moved northeast. It ripped (ILX)
Middletown Logan, IL UNK (ILX)
4 NE Emden Tazewell, IL UNK EF2... peak wind speed 115 mph... path length 4 miles... path width 1000 yds. This tornado touched down near Boynton... IL and moved northeast. Along the way it destroy (ILX)
4 ENE Emden Tazewell, IL UNK (ILX)
1 NW Morton Tazewell, IL UNK EF0... max wind speed 85 mph... path length 8.4 mi. The tornado touched down on the northwest side of Morton just north of the interchange of I-155 and I-74... where it (ILX)
3 E Tremont Tazewell, IL UNK EF1... max wind speed 110 mph... path length 10.7 mi. The tornado touched down near Lake Windermere where it caused tree damage and some minor siding damage at various (ILX)
3 NNW Armington Tazewell, IL UNK EF1... peak wind speed 90 mph... path length 1 mile... path width 200 yds. This tornado briefly touched down and did minor tree damage and blew a portion of the roof of (ILX)

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

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