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Tornado Warning — Warned Area, IL — Jun 12, 2026

NWS ILX · ETN 96 · National Weather Service warning
Radar-indicated position & projected track

Event Summary

The National Weather Service office ILX issued a tornado warning at 00:28 UTC on Jun 12, 2026. The warning was in effect for 36 minutes, ending at Jun 12, 2026 01:04 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 40.17, -88.16, moving east at about 64 mph.

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Counties Affected

Towns in the Path

Storm Reports

TimeLocationCounty / StateEFRemarks
2 ENE Ogden Vermilion, IL EF1° EF1... peak wind speed 110 mph... path length 13.5 miles. This tornado largely paralleled I-74 to the north. Some outbuildings were significantly damaged near the start (ILX)
2 WSW Hoopeston Vermilion, IL EF1° EF1... peak wind speed 100 mph... path length 8.1 miles. The tornado touched down about a half mile south of Highway 9 east of county road 1300E... overturning an irrig (ILX)
1 S Hoopeston Vermilion, IL Unrated Tornado reported south of Hoopeston. Report relayed by county EM. (ILX)
3 ENE Wellington Iroquois, IL EF1° NWS survey confirms a preliminary EF-1 tornado. Peak winds of 90 mph... width of 50 yards... and length of 1.1 miles. (LOT)
2 SW Boswell Benton, IN EF1° Updates previous tornado report from 2 SW Boswell. NWS survey confirms a preliminary EF-1 tornado. Peak winds of 95 mph... width of 250 yards... and length of 12.3 mile (LOT)
4 ENE Tab Warren, IN EF0° Late report of an EF-0 tornado with path length 10.53 miles and maximum width 75 yards began at this location. The peak winds were 85 mph with the tornado causing mainl (IND)

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).

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