8 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 26, 2:55 PM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 355 PM CDT WED JUL 26 2006 .DISCUSSION... FORECAST CONCERN WAS IF MCS WOULD DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL IL TONIGHT AND HOW FAR DISTURBANCE OVER SE TX WILL BRING QPF INTO CENTRAL/SE IL FRI. THEN LOOKING AT HOW HOT AND HUMID IT WILL GET AS ANOTHER HEAT WAVE LOOKS TO OCCUR THROUGH WED AS STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE NATIONS HEARTLAND. 12Z/18Z GFS AND NAM/WRF ARE MORE SIMILAR SHOWING MCS WITH HEAVY QPF TONIGHT OVER CENTRAL IL WHILE NGM AND ESPECIALLY GEM ARE DRIER. LEANED TOWARD GFS/NAM/WRF FOR MCS DEVELOPMENT OVER CENTRAL/EAST CENTRAL IL THOUGH NOT AS HEAVY WITH QPF FIELDS WITH GFS HEAVIEST WITH LACK OF UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE. SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT REMNANTS OF MCS HAS JUST SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS VERMILION COUNTY AND IN CENTRAL INDIANA AND MOVING EAST. PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES SW OF CHAMPAIGN WHILE FAIRLY CLOUDY FROM CHAMPAIGN AND BLOOMINGTON NE. SURFACE MAP SHOWS 1003 MB LOW PRESSURE JUST NORTH OF LAKE SUPERIOR WITH A COLD FRONT EXTENDING SW ACROSS CENTRAL WI/IA TO 1005 MB LOW PRESSURE OVER NW MO. SOUTHERLY FLOW BROUGHT IN A TROPICAL AIR MASS OVER IL TODAY AHEAD OF THIS FRONT WITH DEWPOITNS 70 TO 76F. TEMPS MOSTLY IN THE 80S...BUT RANGE FROM RAIN COOLED MID TO UPPER 70S FROM CHAMPAIGN AND BLOOMINGTON NE TO 88 TO 90F FROM SPRINGFIELD...EFFINGHAM AND LAWRENCEVILLE SW WHERE MORE SUNSHINE TODAY. ALOFT A SHORT WAVE TROF WAS OVER LAKE MI EXTENDING SOUTH INTO NE IL/NW INDIANA WHILE 594 DM 500 MB SUBTROPICAL HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WAS OVER NORTH FL AND AZ/CA. NAM/WRF AND GFS SHOW A 35 KNOT SW LOW LEVEL JET INTO EASTCENTRAL IL AND CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH TONIGHT. MID AFTERNOON WIND PROFILER DATA ALREADY SHOWING 850 MB SW WINDS OF 25 KNOTS AT WINCHESTER AND 35 KNOTS NEAR LAFAYETTE AND THIS HAS HELPED KEEP SCATTERED CONVECTION GOING THIS AFTERNOON OVER EAST CENTRAL IL INTO INDIANA. INCREASED POPS TO 50% OVER EAST CENTRAL IL WITH 40% ELSEHWERE TONIGHT MAINLY AFTER 9 PM. MAY EVEN BE LIKELY CHANCES OVER EAST CENTRAL IL FROM CHAMPAIGN AND PARIS NE. STRONGEST SHORT WAVE ENERGY STAYS NE OF CENTRAL IL WHERE HEAVIER QPF WILL LIKELY BE. SPC HAS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS TONIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL IL AS FAR SE AS LAWRENCEVILLE FOR MARGINAL SEVERE WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL AFTER SUNSET. CONTINUED CHANCE OF CONVECTION THU AND THU NIGHT...THOUGH JUST SLIGHT CHANCE NORTH THU NIGHT. COULD BE ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS THU AFTERNOON/EVENING THOUGH SPC DOES NOT HAVE A SLIGHT RISK YET. LEANED TOWARD THE WARMER GUIDANCE TEMPS NEXT FEW DAYS. HIGHS THU IN THE UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90F WITH WARMEST READINGS WEST WHERE MORE SUNSHINE. UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE OVER SE TEXAS PROGGED BY MODELS TO MOVE NE INTO THE MID MS VALLEY FRI AND INCREASE CONVECTION CHANCES ACROSS CENTRAL AND ESPECIALLY SE IL WHERE LIKELY MAY BE NEEDED AND MENTION OF HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS TROPICAL SYSTEM. MORE CLOUDS AND RAIN OVER SE IL WILL KEEP THEM FROM GETTING AS HOT FRI. HAVE HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90F AGAIN...WARMEST NW AREAS. KEPT SLIGHT CHANCES OF CONVECTION SAT AND OVER SE IL SAT NIGHT WITH BEST CHANCES OF CONVECTION OVER SOUTHERN IL AND AREAS SE. 850 MB TEMPS WARM AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDING IN AND MORE SUNSHINE EXPECTED. HAVE HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S AND AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES AROUND 100F LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... HOT AND HUMID WEATHER EXPECTED DURING EARLY AND MID PART OF NEXT WEEK AS STRONG SUBTROPICAL UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN U.S. HIGHS 90 TO 95F WITH DEWPOINTS 70 TO 75F TO GIVE AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 105F. THIS LOOKS LIKE A SIMILAR HEAT WAVE THAT WE EXPERIENCED ABOUT A WEEK AGO. ADDED SLIGHT CHANCE OF CONVECTION FROM PEORIA NORTH WED WITH BETTER CHANCES NORTHERN IL/WI. BROUGHT SLIGHT CHANCES SOUTH TO NEAR I-70 WED NIGHT AS GFSLR AND DGEX SHOW A COLD FRONT MOVING SE TOWARD IL. THIS FRONT MAY END THE HEAT WAVE AFTER WED. && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && HUETTL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1206 PM CDT WED JUL 26 2006 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-271100- KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- 1206 PM CDT WED JUL 26 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LEFT OVER FROM THIS MORNING WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE WILL BE CAPABLE OF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. A LINGERING FRONT ACROSS THE I-72 CORRIDOR IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A FOCUS FOR MORE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE... WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THE PRIMARY THREAT. THESE STORMS SHOULD BE FOCUSED AROUND THE I-72 CORRIDOR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE FRONT WILL LINGER AROUND THE REGION INTO SATURDAY. WEATHER DISTURBANCES MOVING ALONG THE FRONT WILL BRING A PERIODIC RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION. TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL CLIMB THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE FRONT DEPARTS. HEAT INDICES AROUND 100 DEGREES ARE LIKELY SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HARDIMAN/BAK
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:02 UTC.
8 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado briefly touched down in a field causing crop damage.
A tornado briefly touched down in a field causing crop damage.
A tornado touched down 2 miles west of Rossville and tracked to the northeast. Numerous trees were blown down, a tool shed was destroyed, several outbuildings were damaged, and a 16 foot box trailer was moved 20 feet.
Two large trees were blown down and some shingles were torn off a roof.
A tornado briefly touched down in a field and caused crop damage.
A tornado briefly touched down in a field and caused crop damage.
A tornado briefly touched down and caused damage to a shed.
A tornado briefly touched down in a field and caused crop damage.
A tornado briefly touched down in a field and caused crop damage.
Several tree limbs and power lines were blown down.
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Every storm in Illinois in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Illinois, 2006Warnings in Illinois, July 2006
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5521738, 5521739, 5521740, 5521735, 5521736, 5521741, 5521742, 5521743, 5521744, 5521745, 5521737.