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Tornado Warning — Warned Area, IL — Jun 21, 2026

NWS ILX · ETN 117 · National Weather Service warning
Radar-indicated position & projected track

Event Summary

The National Weather Service office ILX issued a tornado warning at 20:22 UTC on Jun 21, 2026. The warning was in effect for 38 minutes, ending at Jun 21, 2026 21:00 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 38.71, -88.60, moving northeast at about 37 mph.

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Counties Affected

Storm Reports

TimeLocationCounty / StateEFRemarks
4 NNW Shumway Shelby, IL EF0° EF-0... max wind 75 mph... path length 2.3 miles... max width 150 yards. The tornado began about 4 miles southwest of Stewardson... causing damage to trees and a farm o (ILX)
2 SSW Louisville Clay, IL EF1° EF1... max wind 100 mph... path length 4.58 miles... max width 200 yards The tornado was observed 2 miles south-southwest of Louisville just south of Grover Creek Ln. T (ILX)
Louisville Clay, IL Unrated (ILX)
1 SE Neoga Cumberland, IL EF1° EF-1... max winds 90 mph... path length 0.85 miles... max width 75 yards. The tornado touched down about 1 mile southeast of Neoga... on the east side of I-57. It damag (ILX)
3 W Ingraham Clay, IL Unrated (ILX)
3 NNE Toledo Cumberland, IL EF0° EF-0... max winds 80 mph... path length 6.36 miles... path width 350 yards. The tornado began about 1 mile southeast of Bradbury near County Road 1350. It tracked north (ILX)
4 S Newton Jasper, IL EF2° EF-2... max wind 120 mph... path length 3.73 miles... max width 250 yards. The tornado touched down about 2 miles south of Newton where it produced EF2 tree damage. It (ILX)
1 SSE Newton Jasper, IL Unrated Large TDS on radar. (ILX)
3 ESE Newton Jasper, IL EF2° EF-2. max wind 115 mph... path length 2.68 miles... max width 300 yards. Radar supports a new tornado developing in the area of N 1400 St near the Embarrass River where (ILX)
2 S Kinmundy Marion, IL Unrated Storm chasers provided pictures of a tornado that dropped and quickly lifted south of Kinmundy... IL. A storm survey was completed in this area... but no damage was fou (LSX)
2 SE Farina Marion, IL Unrated Corrects previous tornado report from 3 NNE Stephen Forbes Station. Corrects previous tornado report from 2 E Alma. Emergency manager reported a funnel. Passed along a (LSX)
4 SE Farina Marion, IL EF1° NWS storm survey found very clear tornadic damage (EF-1) east of Kinmundy... with supporting video showing a multi-vortex tornado in that location. (LSX)
3 NNE Stephen Forbes St Marion, IL Unrated Corrects previous tornado report from 2 E Alma. Emergency manager reported a funnel. Passed along a report from firemen saying tornado on the ground headed east toward (LSX)
2 NW Oskaloosa Clay, IL Unrated (ILX)
2 SSE Dix Jefferson, IL EF3° *** 2 FATAL... 5 INJ *** EF3 Tornado. Peak winds 140 mph. Track 13.8 miles. Several mobile homes destroyed. Severe tree damage... power poles snapped. (PAH)
3 E Dix Jefferson, IL Unrated Photo submission of tornado on Facebook by Texico. (PAH)
5 ESE Dix Jefferson, IL Unrated Tornado reported near Tolle Lane and Austin Road per Fire Department. (PAH)
1 W Saint Peter Fayette, IL Unrated Corrects previous tornado report from 1 W Saint Peter. Brief tornado touchdown spotted from this location. circulation went south of here. (LSX)
2 SSE Claremont Richland, IL EF1° EF1... max wind 95 mph... path length 3.2 miles... max width 300 yards The tornado developed 3 miles to the southwest of Hadley. It traveled east through farmland... da (ILX)
4 NNE Sims Wayne, IL EF1° EF1 Tornado. Peak winds 95 mph. Path Length 1.53 miles. Storage shed and barn damaged/destroyed. Tree damage. (PAH)

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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