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

NWS LSX · ETN 66 · National Weather Service warning
Radar-indicated position & projected track

Event Summary

The National Weather Service office LSX issued a tornado warning at 20:03 UTC on Jun 21, 2026. The warning was in effect for 15 minutes, ending at Jun 21, 2026 20:18 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 39.13, -88.81, moving east at about 39 mph.

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Counties Affected

Storm Reports

TimeLocationCounty / StateEFRemarks
4 NNW Shumway Shelby, IL UNK 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)
1 NNE Vernon Marion, IL UNK A chaser photo taken around 3:50 on hwy 51 shows a tornado directly in front (south) of a tree line along the Fayette/Marion county line. Just to the west of the tornad (LSX)
1 NNE Vernon Marion, IL UNK Corrects previous tornado report from 3 W Saint Paul. Corrects previous funnel cloud report from 3 W Saint Paul. Report of funnel cloud from Fox 2 Storm Runner broadcas (LSX)
3 NE Vernon Fayette, IL UNK Report of a tornado touchdown near Pittsburgh and Vernon. (LSX)
2 SE Farina Marion, IL UNK 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 UNK 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 UNK 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 UNK (ILX)
3 W Saint Paul Fayette, IL UNK Corrects previous funnel cloud report from 3 W Saint Paul. Report of funnel cloud from Fox 2 Storm Runner broadcast. Funnel reportedly touched ground briefly. (LSX)

Preliminary local storm reports (SPC) within the warned area window — subject to revision after NWS surveys.

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