Tornadoes · United States · Illinois · 2026

EF1 tornado, Annapolis to Eaton, Illinois, June 21, 2026

From Annapolis to Eaton, this EF1 tornado ran 6.9 miles across Crawford County on June 21, 2026, touching down at 4:36 PM CDT and reaching 600 yards wide. It killed nobody.

Preliminary. This is NWS ILX's damage survey, filed in the Damage Assessment Toolkit as Annapolis North 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.

  1. EF065 to 85 mph

    Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.

  2. EF186 to 110 mphthis tornado

    Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. EF4166 to 200 mph

    Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.

  6. 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.

  7. 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 21, 2026
Touchdown
4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
Lifted
4:49 PM CDT (21:49 UTC)
On the ground
13 minutes
Path length
6.9 miles (11.2 km)
Path width
600 yards (549 m)
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
County
Crawford County
Touchdown point
39.108, -87.858
Lift-off point
39.146, -87.744
Highest wind the damage implies
100 mph
Surveyed by
NWS ILX
The office's name for it
Annapolis North Tornado
Survey last edited
July 3, 2026
Record number
None yet. SPC numbers 2026 in the spring of 2027.

What the survey found

The tornado began 3 miles southwest of Annapolis and tracked east-northeast toward N825th St. It continued northeast from there, ending about 4 miles east of Annapolis north of E 2000th Ave. Damage along the path was mostly to trees and electrical transmission lines.

Written by NWS ILX in the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit. A survey is revised as better evidence arrives.

The damage survey

39 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 107 mph.

  • Trees snapped in the middle with branches broken half a mile to the north
  • Tree uprooted and nearly missed propane tank
  • Tree branches shredded and snapped off to the north of the point
  • Shredding of tree line to the east over 1/2 mile, in line with tree line damage to west

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 remnant Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) interacted with a sheared and unstable environment to produce numerous supercells in southeast Illinois on June 21st. 13 tornadoes were documented, the strongest being two EF-2 tornadoes near Newton. Storms training over the same areas led to widespread heavy rainfall and several occurrences of flash flooding.

The tornado began 3 miles southwest of Annapolis and tracked east-northeast toward N 825th St. It continued northeast from there, ending about 4 miles east of Annapolis north of E 2000th Ave. Damage along the path was mostly to trees and electrical transmission lines.

The tornado touched down about 3 miles SSE of Annapolis and|progressed northeast for 2 miles. During its lifespan it produced|primarily tree damage, along with some minor roof damage to a|garage. The tornado reached peak intensity near E 1700th Ave and|N 825th St where large trees were uprooted. The remainder of the|damage was minor tree damage.

From NOAA NCEI's Storm Events Database, the narrative the local forecast office wrote for Storm Data.

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 19:57 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 21, 3:41 PM CDT, 55 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

  • A Tornado Watch is in effect for locations along and south of a Shelbyville to Paris line through 9pm this evening.
  • Below normal temperatures will persist through the week before a marked warming trend pushes readings well into the 80s close to 90 degrees by next weekend.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 3:41 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
341 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2026

.KEY MESSAGES...

- A Tornado Watch is in effect for locations along and south of
  a Shelbyville to Paris line through 9pm this evening.

- Below normal temperatures will persist through the week
  before a marked warming trend pushes readings well into the
  80s close to 90 degrees by next weekend.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 341 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2026

*** Tornado Watch ***

20z/3pm radar imagery shows a band of rain with embedded
thunderstorms pushing across central Illinois. The pre-storm
environment remains stable across a large portion of the area:
however, MLCAPEs have increased to 500-1000J/kg south of a warm
frontal boundary draped along the I-70 corridor. With surface
dewpoints in the upper 60s/lower 70s in the warm sector, RAP
suggests further destabilization over the next 3-4 hours as
MLCAPEs reach 1000-1500J/kg. Deep-layer shear is currently being
augmented by an approaching MCV, while 0-1km shear has increased
to 20-25kt near the boundary. As a result, the southern part of
the rain band now contains rotating supercells capable of
producing tornadoes and damaging wind gusts. A Tornado Watch has
subsequently been issued for locations along/south of a
Shelbyville to Paris line through 9pm. Based on radar trends and
latest HRRR/RAP data, it appears the primary storm risk will
push into Indiana by 6-7pm. Meanwhile further west, will have to
keep an eye on a broken line of much weaker cells currently
firing along a Quincy to Kansas City line. These storms are in a
much more unfavorable environment and are not expected to
become severe: however, gusty winds will still be possible into
the evening as they spread E/SE into central Illinois...mainly
along/south of the I-72 corridor.

*** Quiet Mid-Week ***

Cool/dry weather will settle into the region for Monday and
Tuesday with daytime highs well below normal for this time of
year in the 70s and overnight lows dipping into the 50s. Given
persistent upper troughing over Canada, northwesterly flow will
continue for the rest of the week. The next embedded short-wave
trough and accompanying cold front will push through central
Illinois on Wednesday. While deep-layer moisture will be
lacking, there will be strong enough forcing to warrant low
chance PoPs (30-40%) for showers/thunder, especially during the
afternoon and evening.

*** Weekend Warm-Up and Storm Risk ***

The mid-week frontal boundary is progged to stall across the
Ohio River Valley on Thursday, then begin lifting slowly back
northward by the weekend as upper heights rise in response to an
upstream trough digging west of the Rockies. While the exact
speed of this process is still in question, model consensus
indicates the most favorable period for rain will be from late
Friday through late Saturday when several bouts of convection
may develop along/north of the front. It is still too early to
discuss any specific severe weather risks: however, all machine
learning algorithms show low probabilities (less than 15% chance)
for severe. Once the boundary lifts into the Great Lakes, a
return to more typical summertime weather is anticipated for
early next week. In fact, the 12z NBM shows a 30-50% chance for
temperatures climbing above 90 degrees by next Sunday.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY/...
Issued at 1218 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2026

Showers and a few thunderstorms are overspreading central
Illinois early this afternoon with additional development
possible behind this initial line. Confidence in details on
coverage/location of late afternoon/evening storms remains low,
thus precludes more than a prob30 mention at this time.
Meanwhile, E/ESE winds currently in place are expected to back
to NE by late this evening as weak low pressure moves across the
region. MVFR and eventually IFR ceilings will accompany the low
passage, with slow improvement expected from the northwest
behind the departing wave Monday.

&&

.ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Flood Watch until 1 AM CDT Monday for ILZ038-042>046-048>057-
061>063-066>068-071>073.

&&

KEY MESSAGES...Barnes
DISCUSSION...Barnes
AVIATION...Deubelbeiss
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 3:37 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
337 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2026

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-222045-
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-
337 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Illinois, east
central Illinois, southeast Illinois and west central Illinois.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Thunderstorms are expected through this evening with some potentially
strong to severe south of a Shelbyville to Paris line. Damaging wind
gusts and a few isolated tornadoes are possible. In addition, locally
heavy rain is expected which will lead to some pockets of flooding.

Several rivers are in minor to moderate flood today, and additional
rises are expected following heavy rainfall tonight. Rivers expected
to flood include portions of the Illinois, Sangamon, Wabash, Little
Wabash, and Spoon Rivers.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Several rivers will continue in minor to moderate flood for many
days, including portions of the Illinois, Wabash, Little Wabash,
Sangamon, and Spoon Rivers.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed through this evening.

Expected storm motion is toward the northeast around 40 mph.

Deubelbeiss

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 21, 3:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
331 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0319 PM     Funnel Cloud     3 SE Mode               39.24N 88.70W
06/21/2026                   Shelby             IL   Storm Chaser

&&
Local storm report, Jun 21, 3:43 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
343 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0334 PM     Tornado          Louisville              38.77N 88.50W
06/21/2026                   Clay               IL   Emergency Mngr

&&
Local storm report, Jun 21, 3:51 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
351 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0347 PM     Tornado          3 W Ingraham            38.84N 88.38W
06/21/2026                   Clay               IL   Emergency Mngr

&&
Local storm report, Jun 21, 4:07 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
407 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0406 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 ENE Neoga             39.33N 88.43W
06/21/2026                   Cumberland         IL   Emergency Mngr

            Semi flipped over on Interstate 57 at Neoga.

&&
Local storm report, Jun 21, 4:14 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
414 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0414 PM     Tornado          1 SSE Newton            38.98N 88.15W
06/21/2026                   Jasper             IL   Official NWS Obs

            Large TDS on radar.

&&
Local storm report, Jun 21, 4:25 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
425 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0335 PM     Tornado          3 W South Pekin         40.49N 89.71W
06/21/2026                   Tazewell           IL   Broadcast Media

            Received video confirmation of a landspout.

&&

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), 12:00Z

9.6 hours before the tornado, 133 km from the path. June 21, 2026.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2026-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel lifted from the surface. Mixed-layer CAPE 0 joules per kilogram, CIN -96120, lifted condensation level 1482 meters above ground. Wind barbs in knots down the right edge.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed. The warm shading is its CAPE, the cool shading the inhibition it has to break through.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2026-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers as a curve, rings every 10 meters per second labeled in knots. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second, 0 to 6 km bulk shear 41 knots.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km. RM and LM are the right and left moving storms Bunkers' method gives; the shaded area is the 0 to 1 km storm-relative helicity.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96120 J/kg
Surface CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1482 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0
0-3 km lapse rate
3.5 K/km

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

Lincoln, IL (KILX), 00:00Z

2.4 hours after it, 133 km from the path. June 22, 2026.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2026-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel lifted from the surface. Mixed-layer CAPE 43 joules per kilogram, CIN -35, lifted condensation level 643 meters above ground. Wind barbs in knots down the right edge.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed. The warm shading is its CAPE, the cool shading the inhibition it has to break through.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2026-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers as a curve, rings every 10 meters per second labeled in knots. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 194 square meters per square second, 0 to 6 km bulk shear 58 knots.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km. RM and LM are the right and left moving storms Bunkers' method gives; the shaded area is the 0 to 1 km storm-relative helicity.
Mixed-layer CAPE
43 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Surface CAPE
101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
643 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0
0-3 km lapse rate
5.1 K/km

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The surface observations

Robinson (RSV), 18 km from the path, in the two hours either side.

Time (UTC)Temp (°F)Dew point (°F)WindGust (kt)Pressure (mb)Weather
00:00 UTC

From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of airport observations.

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 21:36 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.

This ground now

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The other tornadoes of June 21, 2026

43 more have been surveyed in the United States that day, so far.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 212:21 PM CDTEF0Saint Louis, MO0.510
June 213:22 PM CDTEF0Shelby, IL1.3150
June 213:30 PM CDTEF1Clay, IL7.4200
June 213:35 PM CDTUnratedTazewell, IL0.20
June 213:43 PM CDTEF1Cumberland, IL0.875
June 213:49 PM CDTEF0Fayette, IL1.20
June 214:06 PM CDTEF0Cumberland, IL6.4350
June 214:07 PM CDTEF2Jasper, IL3.7250
June 214:15 PM CDTEF2Jasper, IL2.7300
June 214:22 PM CDTUnratedMarion, IL1.30
June 214:31 PM CDTEF1Marion, IL2.1190
June 214:41 PM CDTEF1Crawford, IL2.0600
June 215:02 PM CDTEF3Jefferson, IL15.340025
June 216:22 PM EDTEF1Sullivan, IN2.7425
June 215:25 PM CDTEF1Lawrence, IL4.4300
June 215:27 PM CDTEF0Fayette, IL3.425
June 215:47 PM CDTEF1Wayne, IL1.575
June 215:53 PM CDTEF1Richland, IL3.2300
June 216:56 PM EDTEF0Owen, IN0.925
June 217:00 PM EDTEF0Knox, IN0.380
June 216:37 PM CDTEF0Wayne, IL0.575
June 217:58 PM EDTEF0Martin, IN2.050
June 217:02 PM CDTEF2Gibson, IN11.5300
June 217:11 PM CDTEF1Wayne, IL3.850
June 218:12 PM EDTEF0Bartholomew, IN0.585
June 217:27 PM CDTUnratedChristian, IL0.10
June 217:38 PM CDTEF1Gibson, IN1.525
June 217:52 PM CDTEF1Warrick, IN1.050
June 217:52 PM CDTEF0Warrick, IN0.350
June 217:57 PM CDTEF0Warrick, IN1.025
June 218:00 PM CDTEF0Shannon, MO2.7200$5
June 218:07 PM CDTUnratedShelby, IL0.120
June 218:15 PM CDTEF1Spencer, IN0.3125
June 219:50 PM EDTEF1Clark, IN3.0150
June 218:53 PM CDTUnratedWhite, IL0.225
June 219:15 PM CDTEF1Warrick, IN3.0752
June 2110:53 PM EDTEF0Harrison, IN0.8100
June 2110:03 PM CDTEF0Spencer, IN1.025
June 2110:37 PM CDTEF1Warrick, IN0.550
June 2110:39 PM CDTEF1Warrick, IN2.5150
June 2111:07 PM CDTEF0Breckinridge, KY0.950
June 2111:14 PM CDTEF1Breckinridge, KY1.170
June 2111:44 PM CDTEF0Hancock, KY3.5100

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.