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Unrated tornado, White County, Illinois, June 21, 2026

Name: Unrated tornado, White County, Illinois, June 21, 2026
Start: 2026-06-22T01:53:00.000Z
End: 2026-06-22T01:54:00.000Z
Location: White County, Illinois

This Unrated tornado ran 0.2 miles across White County on June 21, 2026, touching down at 8:53 PM CDT and reaching 25 yards wide. It killed nobody.

Preliminary. This is NWS PAH's damage survey, filed in the Damage Assessment Toolkit as Enfield, IL. 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 mph
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.
Unratedthis tornado
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: Unrated, preliminary
Date: June 21, 2026
Touchdown: 8:53 PM CDT (01:53 UTC)
Lifted: 8:54 PM CDT (01:54 UTC)
On the ground: 1 minutes
Path length: 0.2 miles (0.3 km)
Path width: 25 yards (23 m)
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
County: White County
Touchdown point: 38.146, -88.287
Lift-off point: 38.147, -88.283
Surveyed by: NWS PAH
The office's name for it: Enfield, IL
Survey last edited: September 28, 2026
Record number: None yet. SPC numbers 2026 in the spring of 2027.

What the survey found

Video and eye witness reports of brief tornado touchdown approximately 4 miles northeast of Enfield but no damage was found.

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

The damage survey

1 damage points were recorded along this path by NWS PAH, in the Damage Assessment Toolkit the survey teams carry. The strongest indicator was rated EFU.

Survey points are preliminary and are the raw material the published rating was built from. Source: NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit.

The warnings

41 minutes of warning. NWS PAH issued a tornado warning for this county at 01:12 UTC, 41 minutes before the tornado touched down, in force until 02:00 UTC.

The county was under a tornado watch, issued at 18:29 UTC and running to 03:00 UTC.

Issued (UTC)	Expired	Product	Office
18:00 UTC	12:00 UTC	Flood Watch	PAH
18:29 UTC	03:00 UTC	Tornado Watch	PAH
00:41 UTC	01:30 UTC	Tornado Warning	PAH
01:12 UTC	02:00 UTC	Tornado Warning	PAH
01:28 UTC	02:15 UTC	Tornado Warning	PAH
01:51 UTC	02:30 UTC	Tornado Warning	PAH
03:06 UTC	05:00 UTC	Tornado Watch	PAH

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 01:12 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 Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the tornado touched down at Jun 21, 12:10 PM CDT, 8 hours 43 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

Showers and thunderstorms expected later today, especially tonight, lingering into Monday; localized flooding heavy rainfall and strong to severe storms will be possible.
Cooler and mostly drier conditions return Tuesday, before scattered storms re-enter the forecast later in the week heading into next weekend.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 12:10 PM CDT, 8 hours 43 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Paducah KY
1210 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2026

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Showers and thunderstorms expected later today, especially
  tonight, lingering into Monday; localized flooding heavy
  rainfall and strong to severe storms will be possible.

- Cooler and mostly drier conditions return Tuesday, before
  scattered storms re-enter the forecast later in the week
  heading into next weekend.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 1205 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2026

The complex of storms marching across MO will push our
northern/western reaches this afternoon. MUCAPEs will be making
their way into 4 digits, despite incoming clouds retarding the
diurnal rise. Dew points already into the lower 70s across our
south will solidify their ground over the entirety of the FA
this pm. Bulk shear and lapse rates similarly improve with the
system's approach, so any PM storm does show strong-svr potential.
However, the track of this driving low looks primarily to be to
our north, and the main first threat looks to follow its track.

Our best best for more robust/widespread storms comes later,
into the 00z-06z time frame, as the 2ndary wave develops and
rides along the boundary. By then, the upper shear profiles have
peaked, and helicity picks up, at least along the boundary/in
the vicinity of the wave's track, which dives southeastward into
the lower Ohio Valley. Expect an all hazards severe mode with
this wave, and in addition, near 2" PW's with E-SAT's showing
10-30 year Return Intervals suggest an efficiency to heavy rain
producing storms that if they train/repeat over the same areas,
could enhance storm average forecast total signals of around an
inch, to localized totals 2-3x higher. We'll therefore continue
the Flood Watch in our peak threat areas north for now, with
collaborative efforts driving any southward expansion.

Storms linger along/in advance of the boundary into Monday as
it moves eastward and southward coincident with the low's track
up the Ohio valley, which ultimately winds pops down with
relatively cooler/drier air coming in its place by Tuesday. Pops
start to pick up again later in the week, esp into next weekend.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY/...
Issued at 1205 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2026

Storm chances increase thru the TAF forecast period, with
restrictions to CIGS/VSBYS increasing with pops. Peak
restrictions will be this evening/overnight, when stronger
storms may drive Instrument Flight Rules at times. South winds
shift to northwest upon system passage late tonight/early tmrw,
as low end MVFR to potentially IFR based CIGS prevail. They
should gradually disperse as pops complete their diminishing
from the forecast area thru the planning phase hours of the
forecast.

&&

.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IL...Lake Wind Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for ILZ075-081-
     085.
     Flood Watch from 1 PM CDT this afternoon through Monday
     morning for ILZ075>078-080>083.
MO...Lake Wind Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for MOZ100.
IN...Flood Watch from 1 PM CDT /2 PM EDT/ this afternoon through
     Monday morning for INZ081-082-085>088.
KY...Lake Wind Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for KYZ007>009-
     011-012.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 3:16 AM CDT, 17 hours 37 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Paducah KY
316 AM CDT Sun Jun 21 2026

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-221215-
Jefferson-Wayne IL-Edwards-Wabash-Perry IL-Franklin-Hamilton-
White-Jackson-Williamson-Saline-Gallatin-Union-Johnson-Pope-
Hardin-Alexander-Pulaski-Massac-Gibson-Pike-Posey-Vanderburgh-
Warrick-Spencer-Fulton-Hickman-Carlisle-Ballard-McCracken-Graves-
Livingston-Marshall-Calloway-Crittenden-Lyon-Trigg-Caldwell-
Union KY-Webster-Hopkins-Christian-Henderson-Daviess-McLean-
Muhlenberg-Todd-Perry MO-Bollinger-Cape Girardeau-Wayne MO-Carter-
Ripley-Butler-Stoddard-Scott-Mississippi-New Madrid-
316 AM CDT Sun Jun 21 2026 /416 AM EDT Sun Jun 21 2026/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southern
Illinois, southwest Indiana, western Kentucky, and southeast
Missouri.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Numerous thunderstorms are expected throughout the Quad State
today. Severe storms with damaging winds, large hail, and even a
few tornadoes will be possible this afternoon and evening. Heavy
rainfall will be a concern for the entire period.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

Thunderstorms are expected to continue through Monday mainly
across the south and southeast, with heavy rainfall the main
concern.

An isolated thunderstorm cannot be ruled out over southeast
Missouri Tuesday night and expanding across the area on Wednesday.
More scattered thunderstorm activity is possible Thursday
afternoon and into the overnight. Better chances of storms return
Friday and Saturday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon and evening.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 21, 8:18 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Paducah KY
818 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2026

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

0816 PM     Tornado          8 NW Dale               38.24N 87.10W
06/21/2026                   Pike               IN   Storm Chaser

            Tornado reported on the ground near Dale,
            IN. Public and chaser report relayed via EM.

&&

AZ

Local storm report, Jun 21, 8:20 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Paducah KY
820 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2026

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

0803 PM     Tornado          4 NNE Belle Prairie Cit 38.27N 88.53W
06/21/2026                   Wayne              IL   Trained Spotter

            Tornado reported northeast of Belle Prairie
            City.

&&

DWS

Local storm report, Jun 21, 8:28 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Paducah KY
828 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2026

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

0809 PM     Tornado          8 NW Dale               38.24N 87.10W
06/21/2026                   Pike               IN   Storm Chaser

            Corrects previous tornado report from 8 NW
            Dale. Tornado reported on the ground near
            Dale, IN. Public and chaser report relayed
            via EM.

&&

DWS

Local storm report, Jun 21, 8:29 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Paducah KY
829 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2026

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

0739 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 E Lynnville           38.20N 87.30W
06/21/2026                   Warrick            IN   Emergency Mngr

            Multiple trees and powerlines down in
            Lynnville. Possible tornado.

&&

ATL

Local storm report, Jun 21, 8:32 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Paducah KY
832 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2026

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

0819 PM     Tornado          2 N Dale                38.19N 86.98W
06/21/2026                   Spencer            IN   Storm Chaser

            Reported near I-64 and US 231.

&&

DWS

Local storm report, Jun 21, 8:33 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Paducah KY
833 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2026

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

0832 PM     Funnel Cloud     3 N Saint Johns         38.07N 89.24W
06/21/2026                   Perry              IL   Trained Spotter

            Funnel cloud reported north of Du Quoin by
            trained spotter.

&&

AZ

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

1.9 hours before the tornado, 224 km from the path. June 22, 2026.

Skew-T log-p

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.

Hodograph

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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), 12:00Z

10.1 hours after it, 224 km from the path. June 22, 2026.

Skew-T log-p

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.

Hodograph

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11618 J/kg
Surface CAPE: 16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 614 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -160 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0
0-3 km lapse rate: 3.3 K/km

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The surface observations

Fairfield (FWC), 28 km from the path, in the two hours either side.

Time (UTC)	Temp (°F)	Dew point (°F)	Wind	Gust (kt)	Pressure (mb)	Weather
23:55 UTC	79	69.4	190° 9 kt		1006.1
00:15 UTC	80.2	70	200° 11 kt	18	1006.1
00:35 UTC	80	70	200° 9 kt		1006.1	TS
00:55 UTC	73	69.8	320° 5 kt	16	1007.5	+VCTSRA
01:15 UTC	72.5	70.7	100° 4 kt		1007.5	-RA
01:35 UTC	74.3	70	220° 4 kt		1007.1
01:55 UTC	73	70	0° 0 kt		1007.1	-TSRA
02:15 UTC	72.5	70.5	0° 0 kt		1007.1
02:35 UTC	72.5	70.3	200° 3 kt		1007.5
02:55 UTC	72.5	71	0° 0 kt		1007.8
03:15 UTC	73.4	71.2	230° 3 kt		1007.8
03:35 UTC	73.8	71.6	230° 3 kt		1007.8

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

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 01:50 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
22:57 UTC	TORNADO	4 Nne Sims	Wayne, IL	EF1 Tornado. Peak winds 95 mph. Path Length 1.53 miles. Storage shed and barn damaged/destroyed. Tree damage.
00:11 UTC	TORNADO	2 E Jeffersonville	Wayne, IL	EF1 Tornado. 90 mph peak winds. 3.78 mile path. Carport destroyed, trees damaged. Severe crop damage.
00:28 UTC	TORNADO	5 Ssw Mount Erie	Wayne, IL	Social media report of a tornado north of Toms Prairie. This tornado was also spotted from Merriam.
00:41 UTC	TORNADO	2 S Wayne City	Wayne, IL	Brief tornado spotted south of Wayne City.
00:41 UTC	TORNADO	6 Nne Golden Gate	Edwards, IL	Tornado on the ground from a trained spotter.
00:42 UTC	TORNADO	2 Sse Wayne City	Wayne, IL	Tornado on the ground south of Wayne City, IL from photo report on X.
01:03 UTC	TORNADO	4 Nne Belle Prairie Cit	Wayne, IL	Tornado reported northeast of Belle Prairie City.
01:50 UTC	FUNNEL CLOUD	4 Ese Springerton	White, IL	Several funnels reported near Enfield.
01:53 UTC	TORNADO	4 Ne Enfield	White, IL	EFU tornado. Eyewitness and video of a brief tornado touchdown but no damage was found.
02:00 UTC	TORNADO	5 Ne Enfield	White, IL	Brief tornado about 5 miles northeast of Enfield.

From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service local storm reports.

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The other tornadoes of June 21, 2026

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

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 21	2:21 PM CDT	EF0	Saint Louis, MO	0.5	10
June 21	3:22 PM CDT	EF0	Shelby, IL	1.3	150
June 21	3:30 PM CDT	EF1	Clay, IL	7.4	200
June 21	3:35 PM CDT	Unrated	Tazewell, IL	0.2	0
June 21	3:43 PM CDT	EF1	Cumberland, IL	0.8	75
June 21	3:49 PM CDT	EF0	Fayette, IL	1.2	0
June 21	4:06 PM CDT	EF0	Cumberland, IL	6.4	350
June 21	4:07 PM CDT	EF2	Jasper, IL	3.7	250
June 21	4:15 PM CDT	EF2	Jasper, IL	2.7	300
June 21	4:22 PM CDT	Unrated	Marion, IL	1.3	0
June 21	4:31 PM CDT	EF1	Marion, IL	2.1	190
June 21	4:36 PM CDT	EF1	Crawford, IL	6.9	600
June 21	4:41 PM CDT	EF1	Crawford, IL	2.0	600
June 21	5:02 PM CDT	EF3	Jefferson, IL	15.3	400	2	5
June 21	6:22 PM EDT	EF1	Sullivan, IN	2.7	425
June 21	5:25 PM CDT	EF1	Lawrence, IL	4.4	300
June 21	5:27 PM CDT	EF0	Fayette, IL	3.4	25
June 21	5:47 PM CDT	EF1	Wayne, IL	1.5	75
June 21	5:53 PM CDT	EF1	Richland, IL	3.2	300
June 21	6:56 PM EDT	EF0	Owen, IN	0.9	25
June 21	7:00 PM EDT	EF0	Knox, IN	0.3	80
June 21	6:37 PM CDT	EF0	Wayne, IL	0.5	75
June 21	7:58 PM EDT	EF0	Martin, IN	2.0	50
June 21	7:02 PM CDT	EF2	Gibson, IN	11.5	300
June 21	7:11 PM CDT	EF1	Wayne, IL	3.8	50
June 21	8:12 PM EDT	EF0	Bartholomew, IN	0.5	85
June 21	7:27 PM CDT	Unrated	Christian, IL	0.1	0
June 21	7:38 PM CDT	EF1	Gibson, IN	1.5	25
June 21	7:52 PM CDT	EF1	Warrick, IN	1.0	50
June 21	7:52 PM CDT	EF0	Warrick, IN	0.3	50
June 21	7:57 PM CDT	EF0	Warrick, IN	1.0	25
June 21	8:00 PM CDT	EF0	Shannon, MO	2.7	200			$5
June 21	8:07 PM CDT	Unrated	Shelby, IL	0.1	20
June 21	8:15 PM CDT	EF1	Spencer, IN	0.3	125
June 21	9:50 PM EDT	EF1	Clark, IN	3.0	150
June 21	9:15 PM CDT	EF1	Warrick, IN	3.0	75		2
June 21	10:53 PM EDT	EF0	Harrison, IN	0.8	100
June 21	10:03 PM CDT	EF0	Spencer, IN	1.0	25
June 21	10:37 PM CDT	EF1	Warrick, IN	0.5	50
June 21	10:39 PM CDT	EF1	Warrick, IN	2.5	150
June 21	11:07 PM CDT	EF0	Breckinridge, KY	0.9	50
June 21	11:14 PM CDT	EF1	Breckinridge, KY	1.1	70
June 21	11:44 PM CDT	EF0	Hancock, KY	3.5	100

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.