Tornado Warning — Warned Area, IL — Apr 18, 2026
NWS ILX · ETN 55 · National Weather Service warning
Event Summary
The National Weather Service office ILX issued a tornado warning at 01:28 UTC on Apr 18, 2026. The warning was in effect for 32 minutes, ending at Apr 18, 2026 02:00 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 40.11, -89.64, moving east at about 54 mph.
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Counties Affected
Storm Reports
| Time | Location | County / State | EF | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 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 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 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.