Tornado Warning — Warned Area, IL — Apr 18, 2026
NWS ILX · ETN 53 · National Weather Service warning
Event Summary
The National Weather Service office ILX issued a tornado warning at 01:19 UTC on Apr 18, 2026. The warning was in effect for 41 minutes, ending at Apr 18, 2026 02:00 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 40.77, -89.61, moving east at about 52 mph.
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Counties Affected
Towns in the Path
Storm Reports
| Time | Location | County / State | EF | Remarks |
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| 2 S Mapleton | Tazewell, IL | EF1° | 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) | |
| 1 WSW Marquette Heights | Tazewell, IL | EF1° | 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 NE South Pekin | Tazewell, IL | EF1° | 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) | |
| 3 SSE Delavan | Tazewell, IL | EF1° | 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) | |
| 4 NE Emden | Tazewell, IL | EF2° | 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 | Unrated | (ILX) | |
| 1 NW Morton | Tazewell, IL | EF0° | 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) | |
| 2 NNW Low Point | Woodford, IL | EF1° | 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) | |
| 3 E Tremont | Tazewell, IL | EF1° | 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) | |
| 2 SSW Minier | Tazewell, IL | EF1° | EF1... peak wind speed 100 mph... path length 12.4 miles... path width 300 yds. This tornado touched down 3 miles south of Minier and moved northeast destroying a farm (ILX) | |
| 3 NNW Armington | Tazewell, IL | EF1° | 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) | |
| 4 E Mackinaw | Tazewell, IL | EF2° | 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 | EF1° | 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) | |
| 2 SSW Bloomington | McLean, IL | EF1° | 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) | |
| 3 WNW Bloomington | McLean, IL | EF1° | 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) | |
| 3 SW Bloomington | McLean, IL | Unrated | 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) | |
| 2 ENE Bloomington | McLean, IL | EF1° | 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) | |
| Lexington | McLean, IL | EF1° | EF1... max wind speed 100 mph... path length 0.34 mi. Moved across the northwest portions of town... mainly snapping tree branches and power poles. One house received s (ILX) | |
| 4 E Pleasant Hill | McLean, IL | EF1° | EF1... path length 7.9 miles... peak wind speed 90 mph. The tornado began in rural northeast McLean County about 4 miles northwest of Colfax... damaging trees and power (ILX) |
Preliminary local storm reports (SPC) within the warned area window — subject to revision after NWS surveys. ° = rating parsed from the NWS damage-survey text quoted in the SPC report narrative (derived, not an official F-scale entry).