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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
826 PM CDT SAT APR 18 2026 /926 PM EDT SAT APR 18 2026/
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 4/17/2026 TORNADO EVENT
THE FOLLOWING PROVIDES RESULTS OF STORM SURVEYS CONDUCED ACROSS
PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS AFTER SEVERAL WAVES OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
MOVED ACROSS THE AREA. AS OF THE ISSUANCE OF THIS PUBLIC
INFORMATION STATEMENT, SIX TORNADOES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED TO HAVE
IMPACTED THE NWS CHICAGO FORECAST AREA. AS ADDITIONAL SURVEY WORK
CONTINUES IN THE COMING DAYS, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TORNADOES MAY
CHANGE. INFORMATION IN THIS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT IS
SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS UNCOVERED.
PECATONICA, IL
RATING: EFU
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: N/A
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.70 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 4/17/2026
START TIME: 4:35 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2.8 N PECATONICA / WINNEBAGO COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 42.3505 / -89.3571
END DATE: 4/17/2026
END TIME: 4:37 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2.9 N PECATONICA / WINNEBAGO COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 42.3517 / -89.3432
SURVEY SUMMARY:
STORM CHASER VIDEO SHOWS A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHING DOWN IN AN OPEN
FIELD ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF PECATONICA. THE TORNADO WAS ONLY ON
THE GROUND FOR ABOUT TWO MINUTES AND CAUSED NO KNOWN DAMAGE.
HARRISON, IL
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.74 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 125 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 4/17/2026
START TIME: 4:59 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2.2 MILES SE HARRISON / WINNEBAGO COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 42.4009 / -89.1712
END DATE: 4/17/2026
END TIME: 5:07 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3.9 MILES E HARRISON / WINNEBAGO COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 42.4293 / -89.1172
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A HIGH-END EF-1 TORNADO BEGAN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF MERIDIAN
ROAD AND FAVOR ROAD SOUTHEAST OF HARRISON. VIDEO FOOTAGE FROM
STORM CHASERS DOCUMENTED THE TORNADO GROWING IN SIZE AND INTENSITY
AS IT TRACKED EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS FAVOR ROAD BEFORE
IMPACTING TWO FARMSTEADS, CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO A FEW
OUTBUILDINGS AND SNAPPING AND UPROOTING MULTIPLE TREES. ADDITIONAL
STORM CHASER FOOTAGE SHOWED THE TORNADO INTENSIFYING AGAIN AS IT
TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS GUMMOW ROAD AND THEN REACHING PEAK
INTENSITY AS IT IMPACTED A PROPERTY ALONG FREEPORT ROAD. AT THIS
PROPERTY, THE MAJORITY OF THE ROOF OF A TWO-STORY HOUSE WAS
REMOVED, SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED, AND AN OLD BARN WAS
DESTROYED. STORM CHASER FOOTAGE THEN CAPTURED THE TORNADO MAKING A
SHARP TURN BACK SOUTHWARD AND CROSSING FREEPORT ROAD ONCE AGAIN
BEFORE ROPING OUT AND EVENTUALLY DISSIPATING IN AN OPEN FIELD NEAR
OWEN CENTER ROAD.
ROSCOE, IL
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 11.2 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 350 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 4/17/2026
START TIME: 7:03 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2.1 MILES E HARRISON / WINNEBAGO COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 42.4195 / -89.1533
END DATE: 4/17/2026
END TIME: 7:17 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4.2 MILES SE ROCKTON / WINNEBAGO COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 42.4019 / -88.9413
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN EF-1 TORNADO BEGAN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF FREEPORT ROAD AND
BATES ROAD SOUTHEAST OF HARRISON, INITIALLY DOWNING SEVERAL TREE
BRANCHES AT AND NEAR A SMALL CEMETERY. THE TORNADO PRODUCED
ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE AS IT TRACKED EASTWARD ALONG ROSCOE ROAD
BEFORE ENTERING THE WEST SIDE OF ROSCOE AND REACHING ITS PEAK
INTENSITY AS IT TRACKED THROUGH THE HAWKS POINT, CRYSTAL HILLS,
AND OXFORD COMMONS SUBDIVISIONS. THERE, MULTIPLE HOMES SUSTAINED
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND FASCIA. SEVERAL GARAGE DOORS WERE
BLOWN IN, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO GARAGE WALLS. NUMEROUS TREES WERE
ALSO UPROOTED OR DAMAGED IN THESE SUBDIVISIONS. THE TORNADO THEN
CONTINUED EASTWARD, KNOCKING DOWN SEVERAL POWER POLES ALONG
GLEASMAN ROAD AND DAMAGING A NEARBY FARM OUTBUILDING BEFORE
CROSSING THE ROCK RIVER. EAST OF THE ROCK RIVER, THE TORNADO
CONTINUED TO CAUSE EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE. MULTIPLE ADDITIONAL
HOUSES SUSTAINED ROOF AND FASCIA DAMAGE FROM THE TORNADO AS WELL.
THE TORNADO APPEARED TO DISSIPATE JUST AS IT REACHED THE
WINNEBAGO-BOONE COUNTY LINE. EXTENSIVE STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE
WAS ALSO OBSERVED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE TORNADIC CIRCULATION,
PARTICULARLY ON ITS SOUTHERN FLANK. OF INTERESTING NOTE, THE PATH
OF THIS TORNADO CROSSED OVER THE PATH OF THE HARRISON TORNADO
WHICH OCCURRED AROUND TWO HOURS PRIOR.
RURAL LIVINGSTON COUNTY, IL
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.6 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 4/17/2026
START TIME: 7:24 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1.8 MILES NW BELLE PRAIRIE / LIVINGSTON COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 40.6616 / -88.5747
END DATE: 4/17/2026
END TIME: 7:27 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1.8 MILES N BELLE PRAIRIE / LIVINGSTON COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 40.6728 / -88.5478
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO STARTED IN MCLEAN COUNTY AND CROSSED IN TO SOUTHWESTERN
LIVINGSTON COUNTY. A MACHINE SHED AND TREES WERE DAMAGED IN
LIVINGSTON COUNTY BEFORE THE TORNADO LIFTED. THANK YOU TO NWS
LINCOLN FOR SURVEYING THIS TORNADO!
GIBSON CITY
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: TBD
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: TBD
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: TBD
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 4/17/2026
START TIME: TBD
START LOCATION: TBD
START LAT/LON: TBD
END DATE: 4/17/2026
END TIME: TBD
END LOCATION: TBD
END LAT/LON: TBD
SURVEY SUMMARY:
COMING SOON.
BUCKLEY, IL
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: TBD
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: TBD
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: TBD
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 4/17/2026
START TIME: TBD
START LOCATION: TBD
START LAT/LON: TBD
END DATE: 4/17/2026
END TIME: TBD
END LOCATION: TBD
END LAT/LON: TBD
SURVEY SUMMARY:
COMING SOON.
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 EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
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