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Tornado Watch 124
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 15, 2026, 6:50 PM CDT for 8 counties in Illinois; 36 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2026, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2026, 11:11 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 44 counties
Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Madison County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Pike County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Knox County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Maries County, MO, Marion County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Osage County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pike County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Texas County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 40%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 60%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 40%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 10%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 90%
Warnings issued inside it
10 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Laclede, Polk | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Dallas, Laclede, Miller, Pulaski | 51 min |
| Apr 15, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Miller | 38 min |
| Apr 15, 7:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Dallas | 5 hr |
| Apr 15, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Maries, Miller, Phelps, Pulaski | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Maries | 28 min |
| Apr 15, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Osage | 44 min |
| Apr 15, 9:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade | 28 min |
| Apr 15, 9:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 21 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 8:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, McHenry, Stephenson, Winnebago | 88 min |
| Apr 14, 11:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Rock Island, Whiteside | 84 min |
| Apr 14, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Mercer, Rock Island | 4 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:47 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Mercer, Rock Island | 88 min |
| Apr 15, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, McDonough and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Jo Daviess, Lake, McHenry, Ogle, Stephenson and 1 more | 86 min |
| Apr 15, 6:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Brown, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry and 10 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 14, 7:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Gentry, Harrison, Holt, Mercer and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 14, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Gentry, Harrison, Holt, Mercer and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 14, 10:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barry, Christian, Dade, Greene, Lawrence, McDonald and 2 more | 85 min |
| Apr 14, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barry, McDonald, Newton, Stone | 3 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Andrew, Barton, Bates, Benton, Buchanan and 38 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Benton, Cedar, Christian, Dade and 10 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Jasper, Newton | 65 min |
| Apr 15, 5:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barry, Barton, Benton, Cedar, Dade, Greene and 8 more | 94 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.