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

NWS LOT · ETN 38 · National Weather Service warning
Radar-indicated position & projected track

Event Summary

The National Weather Service office LOT issued a tornado warning at 00:24 UTC on Jun 12, 2026. The warning was in effect for 40 minutes, ending at Jun 12, 2026 01:04 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 40.90, -88.17, moving east at about 62 mph.

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Counties Affected

Storm Reports

TimeLocationCounty / StateEFRemarks
2 ENE Ludlow Champaign, IL EF1° EF1... peak wind speed 100 mph... path length 3 miles. This tornado touched down about a third of a mile south of the Champaign and Ford County line... along Champaign (ILX)
3 NNE Urbana Champaign, IL Unrated Corrects previous tornado report from 3 NNE Urbana. EF1... peak wind speed 100 mph... path length 3.2 miles. This tornado touched down northeast of Frasca Field along C (ILX)
3 NE Schneider Lake, IN EF0° NWS survey confirms a preliminary EF-0 tornado. Peak winds of 85 mph... width of 200 yards... and length of 12.6 miles. (LOT)
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 SSW Watseka Iroquois, IL EF0° NWS storm survey confirms a preliminary EF-0 tornado. Peak winds of 80 mph... width of 250 yards... and length of 2.1 miles. (LOT)
1 S Hoopeston Vermilion, IL Unrated Tornado reported south of Hoopeston. Report relayed by county EM. (ILX)
5 NE Shelby Lake, IN EF3° An NWS damage survey confirmed an EF-3 tornado with peak winds of 165 mph... path length of 22.2 miles... and maximum width of 400 yards. (LOT)
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)
4 SW Hebron Lake, IN Unrated Public report of tornado on the grand east of Lowell near I-65. (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)
5 NNW Kentland Newton, IN EF0° NWS storm survey confirms a preliminary EF-0 tornado. Peak winds of 85 mph... width of 200 yards... and length of 15.6 miles. (LOT)
3 WSW Morocco Newton, IN EF0° NWS storm survey confirmed that an EF-0 tornado with peak winds estimated around 85 mph occurred near Morocco... IN. (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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