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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this tornado warning at Feb 19, 2026, 4:25 PM CST for Crawford County, Illinois. It was in force for 12 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 19, 2026, 4:25 PM CST (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 19, 2026, 4:37 PM CST
- In force
- 12 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 1.25 in
County Crawford County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 4:25 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 4 S Robinson, IL | Social media report. Copious amounts of hail. |
| Feb 19, 4:25 PM CST | HAIL 1 | 4 S Robinson, IL | Social media report. Copious amounts of hail. |
| Feb 19, 4:25 PM CST | TORNADO | 2 S New Hebron, IL | House destroyed with occupants trapped. |
| Feb 19, 4:25 PM CST | TORNADO | 4 W Flat Rock, IL | Tornado report relayed by Lawrence county emergency manager. |
| Feb 19, 4:38 PM CST | TSTM WND GST 51 | Robinson Municipal Airp, IL | Robinson airport measured westerly wind gust of 51 mph. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 12:20 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 156 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -290 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 783 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
621
WFUS53 KILX 192225
TORILX
ILC033-192315-
/O.NEW.KILX.TO.W.0009.260219T2225Z-260219T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
425 PM CST Thu Feb 19 2026
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Crawford County in east central Illinois...
* Until 515 PM CST.
* At 425 PM CST, a confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado
was located near Flat Rock, or near Robinson, moving northeast at
40 mph.
This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Emergency management confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...You are in a life-threatening situation. Flying debris
may be deadly to those caught without shelter. Mobile
homes will be destroyed. Considerable damage to homes,
businesses, and vehicles is likely and complete
destruction is possible.
* The tornado will be near...
Robinson, Palestine, and Flat Rock around 430 PM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a large, extremely dangerous and potentially deadly
tornado is on the ground. To protect your life, TAKE COVER NOW! Move
to a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3890 8753 3888 8781 3895 8785 3908 8760
3906 8757 3904 8758 3903 8757 3900 8758
3899 8756 3899 8758 3897 8753 3893 8751
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 243DEG 36KT 3893 8774
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
$$
Deubelbeiss1 follow-up statement
239
WWUS53 KILX 192237
SVSILX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
437 PM CST Thu Feb 19 2026
ILC033-192246-
/O.CAN.KILX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-260219T2315Z/
Crawford-
437 PM CST Thu Feb 19 2026
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CST for east central
Illinois.
A Tornado Warning still remains in effect for portions of eastern
Crawford County until 515 PM CST.
&&
LAT...LON 3890 8753 3888 8781 3895 8785 3908 8760
3906 8757 3904 8758 3903 8757 3900 8758
3899 8756 3899 8758 3897 8753 3893 8751
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 243DEG 36KT 3898 8761
$$
DeubelbeissThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 1:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 28 min |
| Feb 19, 1:07 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign | 8 min |
| Feb 19, 1:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 32 min |
| Feb 19, 1:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 15 min |
| Feb 19, 5:24 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILX | Christian, DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Menard, Morgan and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 19, 1:51 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas and 20 more | 19 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham | 32 min |
| Feb 19, 3:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Effingham | 24 min |
| Feb 19, 3:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Cumberland, Moultrie, Shelby | 34 min |
| Feb 19, 3:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Effingham, Jasper | 52 min |
| Feb 19, 3:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 33 min |
| Feb 19, 3:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles | 30 min |
| Feb 19, 3:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Cumberland | 29 min |
| Feb 19, 3:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark, Cumberland | 26 min |
| Feb 19, 3:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 48 min |
| Feb 19, 3:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper | 31 min |
| Feb 19, 4:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Edgar | 41 min |
| Feb 19, 4:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Crawford | 36 min |
| Feb 19, 4:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark | 50 min |
| Feb 19, 4:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford | 23 min |
| Feb 19, 4:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Crawford | 12 min |
| Feb 19, 4:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford | 17 min |
| Feb 19, 5:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clay, Effingham | 48 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.