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

NWS LOT · ETN 41 · National Weather Service warning
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Event Summary

The National Weather Service office LOT issued a tornado warning at 00:40 UTC on Jun 12, 2026. The warning was in effect for 65 minutes, ending at Jun 12, 2026 01:45 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 40.99, -87.92, moving east-northeast at about 63 mph.

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Storm Reports

TimeLocationCounty / StateEFRemarks
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 SSE Hebron Porter, IN Unrated Storm chaser video shows tornado southeast of Hebron. (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)
4 SSE Boone Grove Porter, IN Unrated Trained spotter report of tornado near 900 South Road and 200 West Road with debris in the air. (LOT)
1 N Kouts Porter, IN Unrated Tornado on the ground north of Kouts. Time estimated by radar. (LOT)
2 SW South Wanatah La Porte, IN EF3° This portion of damage is associated with the EF3 tornado that impacted Kouts and points to the southwest. The tornado continued into La Porte county. A center pivot ir (IWX)
5 SSW Yeoman Carroll, IN EF0° An EF-0 with path length of 3.38 miles and a path width of 75 yards began at this location. The peak winds were 80 mph and the tornado impacted several homes near the T (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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