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

NWS PAH · ETN 41 · National Weather Service warning
Radar-indicated position & projected track

Event Summary

The National Weather Service office PAH issued a tornado warning at 23:35 UTC on Jun 21, 2026. The warning was in effect for 40 minutes, ending at Jun 22, 2026 00:15 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 38.19, -87.94, moving east at about 38 mph.

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Counties Affected

Storm Reports

TimeLocationCounty / StateEFRemarks
3 NNE Cynthiana Gibson, IN EF2° EF2 Tornado. Peak Wind 115 mph. Path Length 11.5 miles. Church severely damaged... Home with roof removed. Significant damage to power poles and transmission lines. Sev (PAH)
3 ESE Owensville Gibson, IN Unrated Tornado reported on the ground from 41 between Owensville and Ft. Branch. (PAH)
4 SSE Princeton Gibson, IN Unrated Tornado reported near CR 350S and CR 100E. (PAH)
5 SSW Mount Erie Wayne, IL Unrated Social media report of a tornado north of Toms Prairie. This tornado was also spotted from Merriam. (PAH)
3 NNE Fort Branch Gibson, IN Unrated Photo from X showing a tornado NE of Fort Branch... IN. (PAH)
1 ENE Mackey Gibson, IN EF1° EF1 Tornado. Peak Winds 90 mph. Path Length 1.53 miles. Outbuilding collapsed... mobile home suffered partial roof removal. Severe crop damage. (PAH)
6 NNE Golden Gate Edwards, IL Unrated Tornado on the ground from a trained spotter. (PAH)
3 NE Lynnville Warrick, IN EF1° EF1 Tornado. 90 mph Peak Wind. Path length 1 mile. Several power poles leaning... large broken tree branches. (PAH)
3 S Spurgeon Warrick, IN EF0° EF0 Tornado. Peak Winds 80 mph. Path length less than one half mile. Brief tornado produced scattered tree damage and a few uprooted trees. (PAH)
1 WSW Spurgeon Pike, IN Unrated Rope tornado on the ground from EM. (PAH)
5 SE Spurgeon Warrick, IN EF0° EF0 Tornado. Peak Winds 85 mph. Several trees uprooted. (PAH)
4 NE Enfield White, IL Unrated EFU tornado. Eyewitness and video of a brief tornado touchdown but no damage was found. (PAH)
5 NE Enfield White, IL Unrated Brief tornado about 5 miles northeast of Enfield. (PAH)
3 NW Newburgh Warrick, IN Unrated Brief tornado reported near Epworth Road and Lloyd Expy near Deaconess Gateway. (PAH)
3 NW Newburgh Warrick, IN EF1° *** 2 INJ *** EF1 Tornado. 100 mph peak winds. 3 mile path length. Roof and fence damage at an apartment complex. Roof damage continues to other apartments downstream. (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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