Tornadoes · United States · Illinois · 2026
EF1 tornado, Tallula to Athens, Illinois, June 10, 2026
From Tallula to Athens, this EF1 tornado ran 4.8 miles across Menard County on June 10, 2026, touching down at 10:49 PM CDT and reaching 150 yards wide. It killed nobody.
Preliminary. This is NWS ILX's damage survey, filed in the Damage Assessment Toolkit as Lincolns New Salem Tornado. The rating, the path and the casualties are the survey's and can change while it is revised. The Storm Prediction Center compiles the official record of 2026 from these surveys and publishes it in the spring of 2027; this page moves to that tornado's permanent address when it does.
The rating scale
Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Enhanced Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.
EF065 to 85 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
EF186 to 110 mphthis tornado
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
EF2111 to 135 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
EF3136 to 165 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
EF4166 to 200 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
EF5over 200 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.
The survey
- Rating, as surveyed
- EF1, preliminary
- Date
- June 10, 2026
- Touchdown
- 10:49 PM CDT (03:49 UTC)
- Lifted
- 10:55 PM CDT (03:55 UTC)
- On the ground
- 6 minutes
- Path length
- 4.8 miles (7.7 km)
- Path width
- 150 yards (137 m)
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- County
- Menard County
- Touchdown point
- 39.974, -89.901
- Lift-off point
- 39.979, -89.812
- Highest wind the damage implies
- 107 mph
- Surveyed by
- NWS ILX
- The office's name for it
- Lincolns New Salem Tornado
- Survey last edited
- June 30, 2026
- Record number
- None yet. SPC numbers 2026 in the spring of 2027.
What the survey found
The tornado spun up 3 miles northeast of Tallula, damaging a grain bin and several trees at a farmstead on Reimer Ave. It continued tracking east-northeast, damaging several trees and removing shingles from a home on State Park Rd and Lincoln New Salem Park. It crossed IL Route 97, damaging more trees in a neighborhood just south of the Athens Blacktop Rd. It then lifted 1 mile southwest of Tice before ending just before 11 pm CDT.
Written by NWS ILX in the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit. A survey is revised as better evidence arrives.
The damage survey
56 damage points were recorded along this path by NWS ILX, in the Damage Assessment Toolkit the survey teams carry. The strongest indicator was rated EF1. The highest wind the damage implies is 110 mph.
- Uplift of roof with damaged scattered in a nearby field. Wall partially collapsed on east side of the building.
- Airport hangers destroyed and blown through the airport property
- South side of roof completely removed on metal building
- Trunk snapped at the top of the tree
Survey points are preliminary and are the raw material the published rating was built from. Source: NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit.
What the Weather Service recorded
A line of thunderstorms developed ahead of an approaching cold front during the evening of June 10th. Scattered wind damage was observed along and north of the I-72 corridor, with the most concentrated damage focusing across portions of Menard, Logan, Sangamon, and Macon counties where the cells interacted with an existing outflow boundary from earlier storms. Six tornadoes touched down within this corridor, including an EF-1 tornado that tracked across Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport and the north side of Springfield.
A tornado touched down along Reimer Avenue about 3 miles northeast of Tallula at 10:49pm CDT. It damaged a grain bin and several trees at a farmstead on Reimer Avenue, then continued east-northeastward damaging numerous trees in Lincoln's New Salem State Park and removing shingles from a home on State Park Road. The tornado crossed IL-97 and damaged additional trees in a neighborhood just south of Athens Blacktop Road before lifting 1 mile southwest of Tice at 10:55pm CDT.
A tornado touched down near the intersection of Clemens Road and A Kent Street west of Athens at 10:59pm CDT. It tracked southwestward damaging numerous trees as it passed just southwest of Athens and quickly dissipated as it reached Fitschen Road on the south edge of Athens at 11:03pm CDT.
From NOAA NCEI's Storm Events Database, the narrative the local forecast office wrote for Storm Data.
The warnings
No tornado warning for this county appears in the archive as in force at the moment the tornado touched down. One was issued for the county at another hour that day.
The county was under a tornado watch, issued at 00:06 UTC and running to 04:00 UTC.
| Issued (UTC) | Expired | Product | Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18:00 UTC | 09:17 UTC | Flood Watch | ILX |
| 19:03 UTC | 19:30 UTC | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX |
| 19:40 UTC | 21:11 UTC | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | ILX |
| 20:00 UTC | 20:30 UTC | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX |
| 20:31 UTC | 21:00 UTC | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX |
| 00:06 UTC | 04:00 UTC | Tornado Watch | ILX |
| 03:58 UTC | 04:19 UTC | Tornado Warning | ILX |
| 04:05 UTC | 04:21 UTC | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX |
| 04:05 UTC | 05:16 UTC | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | ILX |
| 16:39 UTC | 02:00 UTC | Flood Watch | ILX |
| 19:02 UTC | 02:00 UTC | Tornado Watch | ILX |
Every warning and watch covering the touchdown point that day, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service products. Lead time is measured from the issue of the warning in force to the touchdown time in the database, both of which were recorded to the minute by different people.
The forecast that day
The Storm Prediction Center had this point in a Slight Risk, with a 0.05 chance of a tornado within 25 miles, in the hatched area where significant tornadoes were expected. The outlook in force was issued at 01:19 UTC.
SPC's Day 1 convective outlook as it stood when the tornado began, read at the touchdown point. The same archive is on the radar archive.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the tornado touched down, 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 tornado touched down at Jun 10, 9:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
- Widespread heat continues through Thursday, though increasing cloud cover keeps the chance of heat index values exceeding 100 degrees at around 20 percent south of Interstate 72.
- Thunderstorms will push across central Illinois this evening...bringing a risk for damaging wind gusts and localized flash flooding.
- A cold front brings another round of severe storms Thursday evening and overnight, where damaging straight-line winds remain the main concern.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 9:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Lincoln IL 906 PM CDT Wed Jun 10 2026 .KEY MESSAGES... - Widespread heat continues through Thursday, though increasing cloud cover keeps the chance of heat index values exceeding 100 degrees at around 20 percent south of Interstate 72. - Thunderstorms will push across central Illinois this evening...bringing a risk for damaging wind gusts and localized flash flooding. - A cold front brings another round of severe storms Thursday evening and overnight, where damaging straight-line winds remain the main concern. && .UPDATE... Issued at 906 PM CDT Wed Jun 10 2026 Showers and storms continue as forecasted and overall, the current forecast still looks good on timing of storms moving across the area. However, did decide to clean up pops/wx and increased them in the southeast late tonight. Also increased qpf for tonight and overnight some. Remainder of the forecast for temps and winds looks fine and will not plan to update the rest of the night. New update should be out shortly. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 1246 PM CDT Wed Jun 10 2026 Short Term Forecast: Heat and Severe Potential Today and tomorrow will feature widespread temperatures in the 90s, with heat indices climbing into the upper 90s to lower 100s. Confidence in meeting Heat Advisory criteria (max heat index near 105F) remains low; LREF probabilities for heat indices exceeding 100F generally hold around 20 percent for areas south of I-72. Primary limiting factors for higher heat readings will be increasing cloud cover and precip chances along with convective debris, particularly on Thursday for the latter. Thunderstorms are ongoing early this afternoon across portions of eastern Iowa and northeastern Missouri, with additional development expected to our west later this evening. Out ahead of the initial convective line, temperatures pushing 90 degrees and dew points in the low to mid-70s are supporting roughly 1500-2000 J/kg of weakly capped MLCAPE across central Illinois. Instability will further increase through mid-afternoon, peaking near 2500 J/kg. Effective bulk shear values will increase to around 30kt with the arrival of storms, sufficient to support an organized severe threat. This initial line of storms is expected to lift northeast, likely staying near or just north of the I-72 corridor. While low-level flow is currently veered with unimpressive SRH values, this is forecast to increase ahead of the second line of storms. DCAPE values around 900-1200 J/kg, coupled with increasingly steep low-level lapse rates, will support a wind threat with the first wave of convection. Round two will see strengthened kinematic fields as storms congeal into a line and spread ESE across central Illinois late this evening. Damaging winds will remain the primary threat, though interactions with remnant outflow boundaries and increasing low-level winds associated with a strengthening low-level jet will support a localized tornado threat this evening. This threat will slowly subside with waning diurnal instability as the system moves east overnight. In addition to the severe potential, multiple rounds of storms-- including the possibility for backbuilding and training--pose a localized flooding threat. Corfidi vectors ahead of the second line of storms drop below 10 kt and become oriented out of the northeast, suggesting potential for backbuilding along the southern periphery of the QLCS. While the severe threat should diminish overnight, the hydro threat may linger well into or through the overnight hours. Thursday and Extended Period A robust shortwave trough is expected to lift into the Upper Midwest on Thursday, driving a cold front through central Illinois Thursday evening and overnight. Ahead of this boundary, the GFS suggests a broad, unstable warm sector with MLCAPE values exceeding 3000 J/kg. Coupled with deep-layer shear of 25-35 kt and 0-1km shear of 15-25 kt, the kinematic environment remains seasonably strong Thursday. While pre-frontal discrete activity with all severe hazards is possible, the primary concern remains straight-line winds as convective elements congeal into a line along and ahead of the front. Lingering showers and storms over southeast Illinois on Friday morning will exit quickly, giving way to clearing skies as high pressure builds into the region. This will provide a brief return to more seasonal conditions, with highs in the lower to mid-80s and dew points mixing down into the upper 50s, resulting in a much more comfortable air mass. For the weekend and into early next week, the pattern turns more zonal aloft while a low-level baroclinic zone wobbles over the region. This setup maintains additional chances for showers and thunderstorms, though specifics regarding timing and coverage remain uncertain at this forecast range. && .AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY/... Issued at 634 PM CDT Wed Jun 10 2026 The airmass across central Illinois has temporarily stabilized early this evening: however, as the nocturnal low-level jet strengthens after sunset, another round of convection will develop. 2315z/615pm regional radar mosaic shows clusters of thunderstorms from near KMLI westward to KMCI. These storms will rapidly spread/develop eastward and will impact the central Illinois terminals later this evening. Based on radar timing tools and the latest HRRR/RAP, have carried a TEMPO group for thunder and wind gusts to 50kt at KPIA between 02z and 04z, then further southeast to the I-72 TAF sites between 03z and 06z. Once the line of storms drops further south, showers will linger for a couple of hours before dry weather returns across the board overnight through much of Thursday. The latest guidance suggests a line of thunderstorms will develop along an advancing cold front late Thursday, but will remain west of the terminals until after 00z Fri. && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Flood Watch until 7 AM CDT Thursday for ILZ027>031-036>038- 040>043-047>051. && KEY MESSAGES...Deubelbeiss UPDATE...Auten DISCUSSION...Barnes AVIATION...Deubelbeiss
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 2:10 PM CDT, 8 hours 39 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lincoln IL 210 PM CDT Wed Jun 10 2026 ILZ027>031-036>038-040-041-111915- Knox-Stark-Peoria-Marshall-Woodford-Fulton-Tazewell-McLean-Schuyler- Mason- 210 PM CDT Wed Jun 10 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Illinois and west central Illinois. .DAY ONE...Tonight. A couple waves of severe thunderstorms are possible (30-45% chance) this afternoon into tonight. The primary threat will be damaging winds in excess of 70 mph, though large hail and a tornado or two are also possible. Areas of flash flooding are also a concern. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. The heat index will again reach 100 degrees on Thursday. Another round of severe thunderstorms is expected Thursday evening. The primary risk remains with damaging winds over 70 mph, but large hail and tornadoes are also possible. Flash flooding is also a concern, especially wherever heavy rain falls today. Additional thunderstorms are expected Saturday night. The severe weather risk is uncertain at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will likely be needed this afternoon and evening. Expected storm motion is toward the northeast around 35 mph. ILZ042>057-061-111915- Logan-De Witt-Piatt-Champaign-Vermilion-Cass-Menard-Scott-Morgan- Sangamon-Christian-Macon-Moultrie-Douglas-Coles-Edgar-Shelby- 210 PM CDT Wed Jun 10 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Illinois, east central Illinois and west central Illinois. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Strong to severe thunderstorms are expected to move across the area this evening. The primary risk is damaging winds in excess of 60 mph, although large hail and a tornado or two are also possible. There is also a risk for flash flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. The heat index will again reach 100 degrees on Thursday. Another round of severe thunderstorms is expected Thursday evening. The primary risk is with damaging winds over 70 mph, though large hail and a few tornadoes are also possible. Flash flooding is also a concern, especially where heavy rain falls today. Additional thunderstorms are expected Saturday night. The severe weather risk is uncertain at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon and evening. Expected storm motion is toward the northeast around 35 mph. ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-111915- Cumberland-Clark-Effingham-Jasper-Crawford-Clay-Richland-Lawrence- 210 PM CDT Wed Jun 10 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Illinois and southeast Illinois. .DAY ONE...Tonight. A decaying line of thunderstorms will move into the area after 9 pm. While the severe weather risk will be decreasing, isolated damaging wind gusts remain a concern. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. A line of severe thunderstorms is expected Thursday evening, lingering after midnight. The primary risk is with damaging winds over 60 mph, though large hail and a tornado or two are also possible. Additional thunderstorms are expected Saturday night. The severe weather risk is uncertain at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated tonight. Deubelbeiss
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 10, 9:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
945 PM CDT Wed Jun 10 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0940 PM Rain 1 NNW Galesburg 40.96N 90.37W
06/10/2026 M2.03 Inch Knox IL Mesonet
Mesonet station DW8259 Galesburg.
0935 PM Rain Galesburg Airport 40.93N 90.43W
06/10/2026 M1.72 Inch Knox IL AWOS
AWOS station KGBG Galesburg Arpt.
0940 PM Rain Delong 40.82N 90.31W
06/10/2026 M1.55 Inch Knox IL Mesonet
Mesonet station FW5864 Delong.
0940 PM Rain 2 NW Metamora 40.81N 89.38W
06/10/2026 M1.30 Inch Woodford IL Mesonet
Mesonet station AU804 1 NW Metamora.
&&Local storm report, Jun 10, 9:50 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
950 PM CDT Wed Jun 10 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0940 PM Rain 3 N Panola 40.82N 89.02W
06/10/2026 M1.03 Inch Woodford IL Mesonet
Mesonet station 8089D 2 N Panola.
&&Local storm report, Jun 10, 9:58 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
958 PM CDT Wed Jun 10 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0945 PM Rain 1 SSW Germantown Hills 40.76N 89.48W
06/10/2026 M1.07 Inch Woodford IL Mesonet
Mesonet station AX391 GERMANTOWN HILLS.
0945 PM Rain 3 N Panola 40.82N 89.02W
06/10/2026 M1.06 Inch Woodford IL Mesonet
Mesonet station 8089D 2 N Panola.
0945 PM Rain 1 NNE Eureka 40.73N 89.27W
06/10/2026 M1.02 Inch Woodford IL Mesonet
Mesonet station CW1740 Eureka.
0949 PM Rain Lewistown 40.40N 90.16W
06/10/2026 M1.01 Inch Fulton IL Mesonet
Mesonet station GW1851 Lewistown.
0941 PM Rain 2 NNW Washington 40.74N 89.42W
06/10/2026 M1.00 Inch Tazewell IL Mesonet
Mesonet station EW4888 Washington.
&&Local storm report, Jun 10, 10:06 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
1006 PM CDT Wed Jun 10 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0950 PM Rain Delong 40.82N 90.31W
06/10/2026 M1.57 Inch Knox IL Mesonet
Mesonet station FW5864 Delong.
0950 PM Rain 2 NW Metamora 40.81N 89.38W
06/10/2026 M1.36 Inch Woodford IL Mesonet
Mesonet station AU804 1 NW Metamora.
0945 PM Rain 1 WSW London Mills 40.71N 90.28W
06/10/2026 M1.10 Inch Fulton IL Mesonet
Mesonet station LNMI2 0.7 W London Mills.
0950 PM Rain 3 N Panola 40.82N 89.02W
06/10/2026 M1.10 Inch Woodford IL Mesonet
Mesonet station 8089D 2 N Panola.
0951 PM Rain 2 NNW Washington 40.74N 89.42W
06/10/2026 M1.05 Inch Tazewell IL Mesonet
Mesonet station EW4888 Washington.
&&Local storm report, Jun 10, 10:21 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
1021 PM CDT Wed Jun 10 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1017 PM Rain Marietta 40.50N 90.39W
06/10/2026 M3.28 Inch Fulton IL Emergency Mngr
Rainfall since 130 pm today.
1017 PM Rain Rushville 40.12N 90.56W
06/10/2026 M2.34 Inch Schuyler IL Emergency Mngr
Rainfall since 130 pm today.
&&Local storm report, Jun 10, 10:26 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
1026 PM CDT Wed Jun 10 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1020 PM Rain 2 NW Metamora 40.81N 89.38W
06/10/2026 M2.19 Inch Woodford IL Mesonet
Mesonet station AU804 1 NW Metamora.
1019 PM Rain 1 SE West Peoria 40.69N 89.62W
06/10/2026 M2.12 Inch Peoria IL Mesonet
Mesonet station AW321 PEORIA.
1020 PM Rain 1 NNW Galesburg 40.96N 90.37W
06/10/2026 M2.08 Inch Knox IL Mesonet
Mesonet station DW8259 Galesburg.
1015 PM Rain Galesburg Airport 40.93N 90.43W
06/10/2026 M1.84 Inch Knox IL AWOS
AWOS station KGBG Galesburg Arpt.
1015 PM Rain 1 SSW Germantown Hills 40.76N 89.48W
06/10/2026 M1.82 Inch Woodford IL Mesonet
Mesonet station AX391 GERMANTOWN HILLS.
1019 PM Rain Lewistown 40.40N 90.16W
06/10/2026 M1.74 Inch Fulton IL Mesonet
Mesonet station GW1851 Lewistown.
1015 PM Rain Delong 40.82N 90.31W
06/10/2026 M1.58 Inch Knox IL Mesonet
Mesonet station FW5864 Delong.
1015 PM Rain 1 NW Washington 40.71N 89.42W
06/10/2026 M1.35 Inch Tazewell IL Mesonet
Mesonet station FW7110 Washington.
1015 PM Rain 3 N Panola 40.82N 89.02W
06/10/2026 M1.35 Inch Woodford IL Mesonet
Mesonet station 8089D 2 N Panola.
1015 PM Rain 1 NNE Eureka 40.73N 89.27W
06/10/2026 M1.24 Inch Woodford IL Mesonet
Mesonet station CW1740 Eureka.
1015 PM Rain Pekin 40.57N 89.63W
06/10/2026 M1.14 Inch Tazewell IL Mesonet
Mesonet station FW0283 Pekin.
&&The air that afternoon
The radiosonde launches on either side of the tornado, from the nearest station that was launching then, drawn and analyzed the way Storm Lab does: the same diagram, the same parcel and shear definitions SPC's mesoanalysis uses.
Lincoln, IL (KILX), 00:00Z
3.8 hours before the tornado, 109 km from the path. June 11, 2026.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1324 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Surface CAPE
- 1550 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1228 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 321 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
- 0-3 km lapse rate
- 5.2 K/km
Lincoln, IL (KILX), 12:00Z
8.2 hours after it, 109 km from the path. June 11, 2026.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6745 J/kg
- Surface CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1453 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
- 0-3 km lapse rate
- 3.5 K/km
The surface observations
Springfield (SPI), 21 km from the path, in the two hours either side.
| Time (UTC) | Temp (°F) | Dew point (°F) | Wind | Gust (kt) | Pressure (mb) | Weather |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:50 UTC | 180° 8 kt | 1006.4 | ||||
| 01:52 UTC | 82 | 74 | 180° 8 kt | 1006.8 | ||
| 02:00 UTC | 180° 11 kt | 1006.8 | ||||
| 02:05 UTC | 170° 11 kt | 16 | 1006.4 | |||
| 02:10 UTC | 170° 11 kt | 1006.4 | ||||
| 02:15 UTC | 170° 11 kt | 1006.4 | ||||
| 02:20 UTC | 170° 13 kt | 1006.4 | ||||
| 02:25 UTC | 180° 13 kt | 1006.4 | ||||
| 02:30 UTC | 170° 10 kt | 1006.4 | ||||
| 02:35 UTC | 180° 12 kt | 1006.4 | ||||
| 02:40 UTC | 180° 12 kt | 17 | 1006.4 | |||
| 02:45 UTC | 180° 12 kt | 1006.4 | ||||
| 02:50 UTC | 180° 10 kt | 1006.8 | ||||
| 02:52 UTC | 82 | 73 | 180° 10 kt | 1006.8 | ||
| 02:55 UTC | 180° 12 kt | 1006.8 | ||||
| 03:00 UTC | 180° 11 kt | 16 | 1006.8 | |||
| 03:05 UTC | 180° 10 kt | 1007.1 | ||||
| 03:15 UTC | 180° 11 kt | 1007.1 | ||||
| 03:20 UTC | 180° 13 kt | 1007.1 | ||||
| 03:25 UTC | 180° 10 kt | 15 | 1007.1 | |||
| 03:30 UTC | 180° 10 kt | 1007.5 | ||||
| 03:35 UTC | 1007.5 | |||||
| 03:40 UTC | 1007.8 | |||||
| 03:45 UTC | 18 | 1007.8 | ||||
| 03:50 UTC | 16 | 1008.1 | ||||
| 03:52 UTC | 83 | 73 | 200° 11 kt | 19 | 1008.1 | |
| 03:55 UTC | 1008.5 | |||||
| 04:00 UTC | ||||||
| 04:05 UTC | ||||||
| 04:10 UTC | 76 | 69 | 1010.8 | VCTS HZ | ||
| 04:10 UTC | 1010.8 | HZ | ||||
| 04:14 UTC | 70 | 67 | 300° 25 kt | 42 | 1010.8 | TSRA BR |
| 04:15 UTC | 300° 21 kt | 29 | 1010.8 | +RA BR | ||
| 04:21 UTC | 69 | 68 | 300° 13 kt | 41 | 1011.5 | +TSRA BR |
| 04:25 UTC | 12 kt | 18 | 1011.5 | +RA BR | ||
| 04:30 UTC | 310° 9 kt | 1011.2 | +RA BR | |||
| 04:33 UTC | 69 | 68 | 330° 8 kt | 21 | 1010.8 | +TSRA BR |
| 04:40 UTC | 69 | 68 | 310° 5 kt | 1011.5 | +TSRA BR | |
| 04:40 UTC | 310° 5 kt | 1011.5 | +RA BR | |||
| 04:45 UTC | 240° 4 kt | 1011.5 | RA BR | |||
| 04:47 UTC | 69.8 | 68 | 230° 3 kt | 1011.5 | VCTS RA BR | |
| 04:50 UTC | 250° 3 kt | 1011.5 | -RA BR | |||
| 04:52 UTC | 69 | 68 | 260° 3 kt | 1011.2 | VCTS -RA BR | |
| 05:00 UTC | 0° 0 kt | 1010.8 | RA BR | |||
| 05:04 UTC | 69 | 68 | 240° 3 kt | 1011.2 | TSRA BR | |
| 05:05 UTC | 240° 4 kt | 1011.2 | RA BR | |||
| 05:10 UTC | 220° 6 kt | 1011.5 | -RA BR | |||
| 05:15 UTC | 200° 7 kt | 1011.2 | +RA BR | |||
| 05:16 UTC | 68 | 67 | 190° 8 kt | 1011.2 | +TSRA BR | |
| 05:20 UTC | 200° 8 kt | 1011.2 | +RA BR | |||
| 05:25 UTC | 68 | 67 | 210° 3 kt | 1010.8 | VCTS +RA BR | |
| 05:25 UTC | 210° 3 kt | 1010.8 | +RA BR | |||
| 05:30 UTC | 170° 4 kt | 1010.5 | RA | |||
| 05:35 UTC | 160° 5 kt | 1010.2 | -RA | |||
| 05:36 UTC | 68 | 67 | 150° 5 kt | 1010.2 | VCTS -RA | |
| 05:40 UTC | 140° 6 kt | 1009.8 | -RA | |||
| 05:45 UTC | 140° 5 kt | 1009.8 | -RA |
From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of airport observations.
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 48 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 03:49 UTC.
Open the radar archive at this moment, over the track
Reflectivity and velocity, decoded from the Level II archive in the browser. Volumes take a few seconds to open the first time.
What was reported nearby
Local storm reports within 60 km of the path, in the three hours either side.
| Time (UTC) | Report | Where | County | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02:49 UTC | RAIN 1.01 | Lewistown | Fulton, IL | Mesonet station GW1851 Lewistown. |
| 03:17 UTC | RAIN 2.34 | Rushville | Schuyler, IL | Rainfall since 130 pm today. |
| 03:19 UTC | RAIN 1.74 | Lewistown | Fulton, IL | Mesonet station GW1851 Lewistown. |
| 03:30 UTC | RAIN 1.14 | 2 Wnw Browning | Schuyler, IL | Mesonet station DW9440 Browning. |
| 03:39 UTC | RAIN 1.54 | 3 E South Pekin | Tazewell, IL | Mesonet station FW1256 Pekin. |
| 03:40 UTC | RAIN 1.92 | Lewistown | Fulton, IL | Mesonet station GW1851 Lewistown. |
| 03:45 UTC | RAIN 1.2 | 2 Wnw Browning | Schuyler, IL | Mesonet station DW9440 Browning. |
| 03:45 UTC | RAIN 1.33 | 1 Sw Havana | Mason, IL | Mesonet station HAVI2 0.7 W Havana. |
| 03:49 UTC | TORNADO | 3 Ne Tallula | Menard, IL | EF-1, max wind speed 107 mph, path length 4.75 miles, max width 150 yards. The tornado spun up 3 miles northeast of Tallula, damaging a grain bin and several trees at a farmstead on Reimer Ave. It continued tracking east |
| 03:50 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ne Tallula | Menard, IL | Multiple sheds completely destroyed, utility poles missing, 30 foot grain bin destroyed and blown into a house. Possible tornado. |
| 03:50 UTC | RAIN 1 | 1 Wnw Bluff Springs | Cass, IL | Mesonet station FW8184 Beardstown. |
| 03:52 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Petersburg | Menard, IL | Heavy tree damage at Lincolns New Salem State Park. |
| 03:55 UTC | RAIN 1.04 | 1 Wnw Bluff Springs | Cass, IL | Mesonet station FW8184 Beardstown. |
| 03:59 UTC | TORNADO | 2 W Athens | Menard, IL | EF-1, max wind 105 mph, path length 2.48 miles, max width 200 yards. This tornado touched down along Kent St. west of Athens, and tracked southeast to Fitschen Rd. on the south edge of Athens. A number of trees were snap |
| 04:00 UTC | RAIN 1.21 | 2 Wnw Browning | Schuyler, IL | Mesonet station DW9440 Browning. |
| 04:04 UTC | TORNADO | 1 E Capital Airport | Sangamon, IL | Corrects previous tornado report from 1 E Capital Airport. EF-1, max wind speed 110 mph, path length 24.14 miles, max width 250 yards. The tornado began about 3 mile west of Springfield Capital Airport where it lofted 6, |
| 04:05 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Capital Airport | Sangamon, IL | Debris from a metal building blown on both sides of highway 29 at the airport entrance. |
| 04:05 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Capital Airport | Sangamon, IL | Trees and power poles down on Taintor Rd along the north edge of the state fairgrounds. |
| 04:05 UTC | TORNADO | 1 E Capital Airport | Sangamon, IL | EF-1, max wind speed 110 mph, path length 20.25 miles, max width 250 yards. The Springfield to Mechanicsburg tornado started at the Springfield airport where it lofted 6,000-lb storage sheds and rolled an enclosed traile |
| 04:07 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | Athens | Menard, IL | Tree blown down on a power line with broken power pole. |
| 04:07 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | Petersburg | Menard, IL | Power lines blown down in Petersburg. |
| 04:10 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Capital Airport | Sangamon, IL | Trees and power poles and lines blown down at 8th street and Taintor Raod on north side of IL State Fairgrounds in Springfield. |
| 04:12 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nne Grandview | Sangamon, IL | Power lines down on Sangamon Ave. |
| 04:12 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | Athens | Menard, IL | Trees blown down. |
| 04:14 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Clear Lake | Sangamon, IL | Part of a metal building had its roof collapsed. |
| 04:18 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | Riverton | Sangamon, IL | Trees blown down and metal on a road near Riverton. |
| 04:19 UTC | TORNADO | 3 Nnw Mount Pulaski | Logan, IL | The tornado touched down about 3 miles northwest of Mount Pulaski where it did some minor tree damage. The tornado intensified as it progressed east along 900 St, where it did extensive tree damage for about a half mile, |
| 04:20 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N Springfield | Sangamon, IL | Power pole blown down with tree branches on North 5th street in Springfield. |
| 04:20 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | Petersburg | Menard, IL | Multiple trees down on route 97 in Petersburg. |
| 04:25 UTC | RAIN 1.28 | 1 Wnw Bluff Springs | Cass, IL | Mesonet station FW8184 Beardstown. |
| 04:28 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ene Chestnut | De Witt, IL | Tree blown over and blocking highway 54 just east of the Logan DeWitt county line. |
| 04:29 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | Mechanicsburg | Sangamon, IL | Multiple power lines blown down. |
| 04:30 UTC | RAIN 1.27 | 2 Wnw Browning | Schuyler, IL | Mesonet station DW9440 Browning. |
| 04:30 UTC | RAIN 2.11 | 3 E South Pekin | Tazewell, IL | Mesonet station FW1256 Pekin. |
| 04:33 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | Lincoln | Logan, IL | Trees and power lines blown down on 600 block of North Madison Street in Lincoln. |
| 04:35 UTC | RAIN 1.03 | 3 W Leland Grove | Sangamon, IL | Mesonet station GW3296 5 WSW Springfield. |
| 04:44 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | Latham | Logan, IL | Three power poles blown down at 2000 Ave and 700 St in Latham. |
| 04:45 UTC | TSTM WND DMG | Springfield | Sangamon, IL | Trees blown down at Chatham road at Seven Pines, Jefferson at First St, Livingston and Cook st, 5th and Sangamon. |
| 05:01 UTC | RAIN 1.08 | 3 Ese Farmingdale | Sangamon, IL | Mesonet station DW9022 5.5 W Springfield. |
| 05:05 UTC | RAIN 2.18 | 3 E South Pekin | Tazewell, IL | Mesonet station FW1256 Pekin. |
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The other tornadoes of June 10, 2026
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| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 10 | 3:01 PM CDT | EF0 | Kane, IL | 1.4 | 50 | |||
| June 10 | 3:01 PM CDT | EF0 | Dodge, WI | 0.7 | 75 | |||
| June 10 | 3:10 PM CDT | EF0 | Fond du Lac, WI | 0.9 | 75 | |||
| June 10 | 3:29 PM CDT | EF1 | Mercer, MO | 2.5 | 100 | |||
| June 10 | 3:43 PM CDT | EF0 | Mercer, MO | 3.5 | 100 | |||
| June 10 | 3:55 PM CDT | EF0 | Cook, IL | 2.5 | 175 | |||
| June 10 | 3:56 PM CDT | EF0 | DeKalb, MO | 4.3 | 75 | |||
| June 10 | 3:57 PM CDT | EF2 | Putnam, MO | 8.4 | 300 | |||
| June 10 | 4:13 PM CDT | EF0 | Daviess, MO | 5.5 | 75 | |||
| June 10 | 4:25 PM CDT | EF1 | Daviess, MO | 10.5 | 200 | |||
| June 10 | 4:49 PM CDT | EF0 | Putnam, MO | 0.7 | 75 | |||
| June 10 | 5:09 PM CDT | EF0 | Grundy, MO | 0.9 | 50 | |||
| June 10 | 5:18 PM CDT | EF0 | Grundy, MO | 0.7 | 100 | |||
| June 10 | 5:23 PM CDT | EF0 | Davis, IA | 0.5 | 25 | |||
| June 10 | 6:36 PM CDT | EF0 | Adair, MO | 6.8 | 75 | |||
| June 10 | 7:12 PM CDT | EF0 | Dickinson, KS | 0.6 | 50 | |||
| June 10 | 7:45 PM CDT | EF0 | Dickinson, KS | 1.1 | 50 | |||
| June 10 | 8:17 PM CDT | EF1 | Dickinson, KS | 0.5 | 75 | |||
| June 10 | 10:59 PM CDT | EF1 | Menard, IL | 2.5 | 200 | |||
| June 10 | 11:04 PM CDT | EF1 | Sangamon, IL | 24.1 | 250 | $250 | ||
| June 10 | 11:19 PM CDT | EF1 | Logan, IL | 19.8 | 170 | |||
| June 10 | 11:50 PM CDT | EF0 | Macon, IL | 7.6 | 100 | |||
| June 10 | 12:02 AM CDT | EF1 | Piatt, IL | 10.1 | 70 |
What this means
Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. A survey can be revised, so the rating, the path and the casualties can all still change.
Sources
NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit, the record the survey teams file from the damage, and NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports. Neither is the official database for 2026, which SPC publishes in the spring of 2027.