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Tornado Watch 363

June 21, 202637 counties in Illinois; 9 counties in Indiana; Perry County, Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 21, 2026, 1:28 PM CDT for 37 counties in Illinois; 9 counties in Indiana; Perry County, Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 21, 2026, 1:28 PM CDT (18:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2026, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Largest hail expected: 1.5 in
Strongest gust expected: 60 kt

All 48 counties

Bond County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Macon County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Perry County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Richland County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Saline County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Washington County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Gibson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Perry County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 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: 60%
One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes: 40%
Ten or more severe wind reports: 60%
One or more gusts of 65 knots or more: 10%
Ten or more severe hail reports: 20%
One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more: 10%
Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports: 80%

Warnings issued inside it

97 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Fayette	43 min
Jun 21, 2:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Effingham, Shelby	64 min
Jun 21, 2:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Bond, Madison	36 min
Jun 21, 3:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Fayette	15 min
Jun 21, 3:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Effingham, Shelby	41 min
Jun 21, 3:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Effingham, Shelby	4 hr
Jun 21, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper, Richland	61 min
Jun 21, 3:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper, Richland	38 min
Jun 21, 3:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Bond, Fayette	52 min
Jun 21, 3:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Bond, Fayette, Montgomery	4 hr
Jun 21, 3:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Shelby	67 min
Jun 21, 3:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Fayette	6 hr
Jun 21, 3:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Fayette, Marion	60 min
Jun 21, 3:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ILX	Crawford, Jasper	39 min
Jun 21, 3:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham	32 min
Jun 21, 3:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham	4 hr
Jun 21, 3:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Cumberland	46 min
Jun 21, 4:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Cumberland, Effingham	3 hr
Jun 21, 4:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham	17 min
Jun 21, 4:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ILX	Clark, Crawford, Jasper	43 min
Jun 21, 4:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LSX	Marion	6 hr
Jun 21, 4:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clay	46 min
Jun 21, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Crawford, Edgar, Jasper	60 min
Jun 21, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford, Jasper	58 min
Jun 21, 4:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Clark, Clay, Cumberland, Jasper, Richland	3 hr
Jun 21, 4:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Jefferson	50 min
Jun 21, 4:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Sullivan, Vigo	47 min
Jun 21, 4:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Crawford, Jasper	25 min
Jun 21, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Clay, Greene, Parke, Sullivan, Vermillion, Vigo	59 min
Jun 21, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper	53 min
Jun 21, 4:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford	3 hr
Jun 21, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Lawrence, Richland	64 min
Jun 21, 5:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Clinton, Madison, Saint Clair	43 min
Jun 21, 5:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Bond, Fayette, Marion	38 min
Jun 21, 5:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Jefferson, Wayne	30 min
Jun 21, 5:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Parke, Vermillion, Vigo	21 min
Jun 21, 5:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clay, Richland	48 min
Jun 21, 5:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Fayette, Marion	41 min
Jun 21, 5:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Crawford, Lawrence	40 min
Jun 21, 5:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clay, Jasper	39 min
Jun 21, 5:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Clay, Sullivan, Vigo	33 min
Jun 21, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Jasper	63 min
Jun 21, 5:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Wayne	44 min
Jun 21, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Clinton, Marion	70 min
Jun 21, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Clay, Daviess, Greene, Hendricks, Knox, Martin and 9 more	39 min
Jun 21, 5:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Knox, Sullivan	39 min
Jun 21, 5:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Marion	39 min
Jun 21, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LSX	Clinton	39 min
Jun 21, 5:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Sullivan, Vigo	3 hr
Jun 21, 5:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Lawrence, Richland	41 min
Jun 21, 5:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Clinton	32 min
Jun 21, 5:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox	25 min
Jun 21, 5:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clay, Jasper, Richland	25 min
Jun 21, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Jasper, Richland	62 min
Jun 21, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	61 min
Jun 21, 6:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Marion	10 min
Jun 21, 6:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, Lawrence, Richland	104 min
Jun 21, 6:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox	48 min
Jun 21, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wayne	47 min
Jun 21, 6:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LSX	Marion	37 min
Jun 21, 6:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wabash, Wayne	45 min
Jun 21, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Daviess, Greene, Knox, Martin, Sullivan	43 min
Jun 21, 6:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox	48 min
Jun 21, 6:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Greene, Knox, Sullivan	3 hr
Jun 21, 6:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Wabash	40 min
Jun 21, 6:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Jefferson	48 min
Jun 21, 6:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wayne	51 min
Jun 21, 7:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jefferson, Perry	44 min
Jun 21, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	IND	Daviess, Knox, Martin	66 min
Jun 21, 7:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PAH	Gibson	30 min
Jun 21, 7:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wabash	40 min
Jun 21, 7:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox, Martin	3 hr
Jun 21, 7:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Gibson, Pike, Warrick	47 min
Jun 21, 7:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ILX	Christian	24 min
Jun 21, 7:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Shelby	39 min
Jun 21, 7:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wabash, Wayne	27 min
Jun 21, 7:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Hamilton, Wayne, White	49 min
Jun 21, 7:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PAH	Pike, Warrick	21 min
Jun 21, 7:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wabash, Wayne	6 hr
Jun 21, 8:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Shelby	44 min
Jun 21, 8:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Spencer, Warrick	41 min
Jun 21, 8:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Hamilton, White	48 min
Jun 21, 8:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Gibson, Pike, Warrick	50 min
Jun 21, 8:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wabash, Wayne, White	47 min
Jun 21, 8:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jefferson, Perry	18 min
Jun 21, 8:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Coles, Cumberland, Shelby	43 min
Jun 21, 8:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	White	39 min
Jun 21, 8:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Wabash	49 min
Jun 21, 9:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Vanderburgh, Warrick	24 min
Jun 21, 9:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Gibson, Pike, Spencer, Warrick	33 min
Jun 21, 9:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Gibson, Spencer, Warrick	32 min
Jun 21, 9:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Wabash	6 hr
Jun 21, 9:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Spencer, Warrick	41 min
Jun 21, 9:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Gibson, Vanderburgh, Warrick	51 min
Jun 21, 9:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Posey, Vanderburgh	49 min
Jun 21, 9:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Spencer	24 min
Jun 21, 9:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	IND	Daviess, Knox, Martin	64 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
Jun 21, 10:06 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alexander, Bond, Clay, Clinton, Coles, Cumberland and 24 more	114 min
Jun 21, 2:34 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clark, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Edwards, Effingham and 5 more	116 min
Jun 21, 4:23 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clark, Crawford, Edgar, Lawrence	97 min
Jun 21, 4:43 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Hamilton, White	8 hr
Jun 21, 6:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bond, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles, Crawford and 20 more	97 min
Jun 20, 11:47 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bates, Buchanan, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Jackson and 2 more	58 min
Jun 21, 12:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Barton, Bates, Cass, Clay, Jackson, Jasper and 2 more	6 hr
Jun 21, 2:36 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barton, Bates, Cass, Jasper, Vernon	114 min
Jun 21, 5:27 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barton, Bates, Benton, Cass, Cedar, Dade and 10 more	63 min
Jun 21, 5:21 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Crawford and 31 more	84 min
Jun 21, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Barry, Barton, Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter and 34 more	7 hr

Nearby

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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.