VORTEX
WARNING RECAP
← Recent Tornadoes

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

NWS ILX · ETN 54 · National Weather Service warning
Radar-indicated position & projected track

Event Summary

The National Weather Service office ILX issued a tornado warning at 01:20 UTC on Apr 18, 2026. The warning was in effect for 40 minutes, ending at Apr 18, 2026 02:00 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 40.29, -89.67, moving east-northeast at about 61 mph.

Timeline

Issued
Last updated
Ended

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)
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)
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 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)
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)
2 SSW Minier Tazewell, IL UNK 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 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)
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 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)
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)
2 WSW Chestnut Logan, IL UNK EF1... max wind speed 95 mph... path length 1.6 mi. This tornado touched down in an open field and moved east-northeast. The only damaged was to a power pole along Hwy (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)
Rowell De Witt, IL UNK EF1... max wind speed 100 mph... path length 7.0 mi. This tornado touched down near the intersection of 1500 North Rd and 550 East Rd... where it damaged two farm out b (ILX)

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

More on Vortex