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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
341 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 02/19/26 TORNADO EVENT UPDATE #2
UPDATE
EXTENDED THE TRACK OF THE HARDINVILLE-FLAT ROCK TORNADO
2 MILES DUE TO VIDEO SHOWING THE TORNADO CROSSING A ROAD FURTHER
NORTHEAST. AN ADDITIONAL EF-0 TORNADO WAS ADDED NEAR YALE, IL.
HARDINVILLE-FLAT ROCK TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.94 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 400 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 1
START DATE: 02/19/2026
START TIME: 04:20 PM CST
START LOCATION: 4 SSW NEW HEBRON / CRAWFORD COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 38.9038 / -87.7874
END DATE: 02/19/2026
END TIME: 04:34 PM CST
END LOCATION: 2.5 NNE FLAT ROCK / CRAWFORD COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 38.9403 / -87.6675
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HARDINVILLE
WHERE IT DAMAGED SEVERAL TREES NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF E 350TH
AVE AND N 825TH ST. THE TORNADO TRAVELED NORTHEAST DOING TREE
DAMAGE UNTIL IT REACHED N 1000TH ST. THE IT INTENSIFIED TO EF-
1 INTENSITY AS IT SEVERELY DAMAGED TWO HOMES, ONE MOBILE HOME WAS
THROWN OFF ITS FOUNDATION AND WRAPPED AROUND A TREE INJURING AN
ELDERLY WOMAN WHO WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS
INJURIES. THE TORNADO PROGRESSED NORTHEAST CROSSING SEVERAL TREE
LINES AND ALSO DAMAGING ADDITIONAL HOMES AND FARM BUILDINGS ALONG
1125TH ST AND ALONG E 465TH AVE. THE REMAINDER OF THE DAMAGE WAS
MINOR TO A FEW TREES BEFORE IT DISSIPATED ABOUT 2.5 MILES
NORTH-NORTHEAST OF FLAT ROCK.
YALE TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 70 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.65 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 30 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 02/19/2026
START TIME: 04:02 PM CST
START LOCATION: 3.2 SW YALE / JASPER COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 39.0902 / -88.0708
END DATE: 02/19/2026
END TIME: 04:04 PM CST
END LOCATION: 2.7 SW YALE / JASPER COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 39.0924 / -88.0591
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A SHORT-LIVED TORNADO OCCURRED IN A FIELD 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
YALE, IL. EVIDENCE WAS SEEN ALONG SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE
TORNADO WENT THROUGH THE FIELD.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
AUTEN/SHIMON
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