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

NWS ILX · ETN 50 · National Weather Service warning
Radar-indicated position & projected track

Event Summary

The National Weather Service office ILX issued a tornado warning at 01:01 UTC on Apr 18, 2026. The warning was in effect for 29 minutes, ending at Apr 18, 2026 01:30 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 40.86, -89.86, moving east-northeast at about 56 mph.

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Counties Affected

Storm Reports

TimeLocationCounty / StateEFRemarks
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)
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)
2 NNW Low Point Woodford, IL UNK EF1... peak wind speed 100 mph... path length 0.52 miles... path width 80 yds. The tornado touched down about 2 miles southwest of Washburn in a field just north of Cou (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)
4 E Mackinaw Tazewell, IL UNK EF2... max wind speed 115 mph... path length 2 mi. The tornado touched down along Runyon Rd about a half mile west of the Tazewell-McLean County line. It cause extensiv (ILX)
5 WNW Bloomington McLean, 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 touched down on Old Peoria (ILX)
3 SW Bloomington McLean, IL UNK This tornado is a combination of two previously LSRd tornadoes in Bloomington IL. This tornado developed just south of Fox Creek Road between I- 55 and Veterans Parkway (ILX)
3 WNW Bloomington McLean, IL UNK EF1... peak wind speed 110 mph... path length 10.3 miles. This tornado touched down on the far west side of Normal... IL and damaged several metal buildings. As it move (ILX)
2 SSW Bloomington McLean, IL UNK EF1... peak wind speed 100 mph... path length 1.3 miles. This tornado set down next to Veteran Parkway doing minor damage to two greenhouses. It traveled near the highw (ILX)
2 ENE Bloomington McLean, IL UNK EF1... peak wind speed 110 mph... path length 4.0 miles. This tornado touched down in the Bloomington Country Club Golf Course and did tree damage. As it moved northeas (ILX)

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

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