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Tornado Warnings in Illinois, April 2026

109 tornado warnings in April 2026. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.

Tornado Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in April 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
109
Busiest day
April 18, 202633 tornado warnings

Over time

By day

Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.

The alerts

Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 5:18 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNWarren27 min
Apr 2, 5:19 PM CDTTornado WarningILXKnox41 min
Apr 2, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNCarroll46 min
Apr 2, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WarningILXKnox, Stark43 min
Apr 2, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTLee, Ogle17 min
Apr 2, 6:16 PM CDTTornado WarningILXKnox, Peoria29 min
Apr 2, 6:33 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMarshall, Peoria, Stark24 min
Apr 2, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTLake, McHenry35 min
Apr 3, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean35 min
Apr 3, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan, Mason, Tazewell30 min
Apr 3, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMason, Tazewell31 min
Apr 3, 5:49 PM CDTTornado WarningILXTazewell26 min
Apr 3, 6:09 PM CDTTornado WarningILXTazewell36 min
Apr 3, 6:36 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean, Tazewell39 min
Apr 3, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMason, Tazewell35 min
Apr 4, 6:22 AM CDTTornado WarningLSXRandolph38 min
Apr 14, 6:42 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNJo Daviess48 min
Apr 14, 7:05 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDVNCarroll, Jo Daviess40 min
Apr 14, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNStephenson35 min
Apr 14, 8:20 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTWinnebago25 min
Apr 15, 5:32 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTOgle26 min
Apr 15, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNJo Daviess, Stephenson40 min
Apr 15, 7:56 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTOgle, Winnebago34 min
Apr 15, 7:59 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNStephenson20 min
Apr 15, 8:02 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDVNMercer, Rock Island28 min
Apr 15, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHancock47 min
Apr 15, 8:24 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNMercer, Rock Island39 min
Apr 15, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNRock Island17 min
Apr 17, 2:11 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNJo Daviess49 min
Apr 17, 2:48 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNJo Daviess, Stephenson42 min
Apr 17, 3:27 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNCarroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson48 min
Apr 17, 4:09 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNStephenson39 min
Apr 17, 4:09 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTWinnebago66 min
Apr 17, 5:07 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLOTBoone, Winnebago30 min
Apr 17, 5:38 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXAdams52 min
Apr 17, 5:46 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHenderson, Mercer, Warren24 min
Apr 17, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHancock43 min
Apr 17, 6:23 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXAdams41 min
Apr 17, 6:25 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHancock65 min
Apr 17, 6:47 PM CDTTornado WarningILXKnox43 min
Apr 17, 7:05 PM CDTTornado WarningILXKnox, Stark25 min
Apr 17, 7:08 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDVNHancock, McDonough52 min
Apr 17, 7:09 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTBoone, Winnebago36 min
Apr 17, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTMcHenry47 min
Apr 17, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMarshall, Stark30 min
Apr 17, 7:36 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton24 min
Apr 17, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNBureau, Putnam61 min
Apr 17, 7:49 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTDeKalb, Ogle41 min
Apr 17, 7:50 PM CDTTornado WarningILXKnox, Marshall, Peoria, Stark40 min
Apr 17, 7:56 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton, Mason34 min
Apr 17, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMarshall, Peoria, Stark29 min
Apr 17, 8:02 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton, Peoria, Tazewell28 min
Apr 17, 8:04 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTLake56 min
Apr 17, 8:07 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTLaSalle, Lee38 min
Apr 17, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMason, Tazewell35 min
Apr 17, 8:19 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMarshall, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford41 min
Apr 17, 8:20 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedILXLogan, McLean, Mason, Tazewell40 min
Apr 17, 8:28 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan, Mason, Menard32 min
Apr 17, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTDeKalb, LaSalle46 min
Apr 17, 8:36 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTLake, McHenry39 min
Apr 17, 8:39 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedILXMcLean, Tazewell, Woodford36 min
Apr 17, 8:43 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean, Tazewell, Woodford47 min
Apr 17, 8:46 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTLaSalle, Livingston47 min
Apr 17, 8:54 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMarshall, Woodford21 min
Apr 17, 9:01 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean44 min
Apr 17, 9:08 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedILXDeWitt, Logan, McLean, Macon, Piatt37 min
Apr 17, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTFord, Iroquois, Livingston60 min
Apr 17, 9:23 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTGrundy, Kankakee, Kendall, Livingston, Will52 min
Apr 17, 9:42 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Piatt48 min
Apr 17, 9:50 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXCalhoun25 min
Apr 17, 10:15 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTKankakee17 min
Apr 17, 10:26 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXJersey19 min
Apr 17, 10:31 PM CDTTornado WarningLOTCook, Will29 min
Apr 23, 11:46 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNCarroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson25 min
Apr 24, 1:26 AM CDTTornado WarningLSXPike34 min
Apr 27, 8:24 AM CDTTornado WarningLSXCalhoun, Pike51 min
Apr 27, 9:03 AM CDTTornado WarningLSXGreene, Pike42 min
Apr 27, 10:45 AM CDTTornado WarningILXChristian, Sangamon30 min
Apr 27, 11:20 AM CDTTornado WarningILXChristian, Moultrie, Shelby25 min
Apr 27, 11:38 AM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Douglas, Piatt37 min
Apr 27, 11:45 AM CDTTornado WarningILXColes, Douglas, Edgar33 min
Apr 27, 12:27 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMadison, Saint Clair48 min
Apr 27, 1:13 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMadison47 min
Apr 27, 1:49 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXBond, Madison14 min
Apr 27, 2:01 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMadison, Saint Clair27 min
Apr 27, 3:19 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXCalhoun, Jersey, Madison41 min
Apr 27, 4:34 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXAdams, Brown29 min
Apr 27, 4:46 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXCalhoun, Pike44 min
Apr 27, 5:18 PM CDTTornado WarningILXCass, Morgan, Scott42 min
Apr 27, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMenard, Morgan, Sangamon23 min
Apr 27, 5:42 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan, Mason, Menard33 min
Apr 27, 6:01 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXJersey, Macoupin44 min
Apr 27, 6:18 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt, Logan, Macon27 min
Apr 27, 6:39 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt, Macon, Piatt36 min
Apr 27, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXCalhoun, Jersey, Madison32 min
Apr 27, 6:46 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt, McLean, Piatt29 min
Apr 27, 7:04 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign26 min
Apr 27, 7:22 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXFayette, Montgomery38 min
Apr 27, 7:51 PM CDTTornado WarningILXCumberland, Effingham, Shelby39 min
Apr 27, 7:52 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXClinton, Saint Clair38 min
Apr 27, 8:15 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLSXClinton, Fayette, Marion45 min
Apr 27, 8:18 PM CDTTornado WarningILXClark, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper42 min
Apr 27, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningLSXMarion17 min
Apr 27, 8:54 PM CDTTornado WarningILXClay, Richland35 min
Apr 27, 8:56 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHWayne34 min
Apr 27, 8:57 PM CDTTornado WarningILXClark, Crawford19 min
Apr 27, 9:26 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHEdwards, Wabash, Wayne34 min
Apr 27, 9:28 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLawrence, Richland28 min
Apr 27, 9:46 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLawrence14 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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Sources

National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.