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

NWS ILX · ETN 58 · National Weather Service warning
Radar-indicated position & projected track

Event Summary

The National Weather Service office ILX issued a tornado warning at 01:54 UTC on Apr 18, 2026. The warning was in effect for 21 minutes, ending at Apr 18, 2026 02:15 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 40.84, -89.08, moving east-northeast at about 59 mph.

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Counties Affected

Storm Reports

TimeLocationCounty / StateEFRemarks
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)
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)
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 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)
Lexington McLean, IL UNK 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 UNK 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.

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