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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
717 PM CDT WED APR 29 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 4/27/2026 TORNADO EVENT UPDATE #1
5 TORNADOES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED FROM THE EVENING STORMS OF APRIL
27, 2026, ALL RATED EF1 IN STRENGTH.
MT PULASKI - CHESTNUT TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 14.95 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 400 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/27/2026
START TIME: 06:14 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 NNW LAKE FORK / LOGAN COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 40.0109 / -89.3581
END DATE: 04/27/2026
END TIME: 06:30 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 S KENNEY / DE WITT COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 40.065 / -89.0852
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN SOUTH-CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTY, COMMENCING
NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 1250TH AVE AND 600TH ST, WHERE IT CAUSED
MINOR TREE DAMAGE. THE TORNADO TRACKED EAST-NORTHEAST, IMPACTING
THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF MOUNT PULASKI. ALONG THIS PATH, IT CROSSED
700TH ST AND STATE ROUTE 121, RESULTING IN FURTHER DAMAGE TO
TREES, A MACHINE SHED, AND SEVERAL SMALL GRAIN SILOS. CONTINUING
ITS MOVEMENT, THE TORNADO CROSSED STATE HIGHWAY 54, UPROOTING
ADDITIONAL TREES AND TEARING METAL PANELING FROM AN OLD BARN NEAR
THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 54 AND 2000TH AVE. THE PATH CONTINUED
JUST SOUTH OF CHESTNUT, SNAPPING SMALL TREE LIMBS, BEFORE
CROSSING THE LOGAN-DE WITT COUNTY LINE WITH MINOR TREE DAMAGE.
THE TORNADO ULTIMATELY LIFTED APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES SOUTH OF
KENNEY.
ROWELL TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 88 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.00 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 400 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/27/2026
START TIME: 06:32 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 SE KENNEY / DE WITT COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 40.069 / -89.0426
END DATE: 04/27/2026
END TIME: 06:38 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 NNE MAROA / DE WITT COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 40.0903 / -88.9338
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO INITIALLY CAUSED DAMAGE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
ROWELL RD AND BANTAM RD, EVIDENCED BY EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE,
INCLUDING LARGE TREES SNAPPED HALFWAY UP THE TRUNK AND A FEW
HEALTHY TREES UPROOTED. TRAVELING EAST-NORTHEAST ALONG ROWELL RD,
THE STORM CONTINUED TO CAUSE TREE DAMAGE. IT THEN CROSSED ROWELL
RD NEAR BEARSDALE RD, SNAPPING A WOODEN POWER POLE. FURTHER
DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED NEAR THE INTERCHANGE OF ROWELL RD AND HIGHWAY
51, WHERE A SINGLE-RESIDENCE HOME AND A BARN SUSTAINED MINOR ROOF
DAMAGE. THE TORNADO THEN TURNED NORTHEAST, CAUSING MINOR ROOF
DAMAGE TO A HOME AND ADDITIONAL MINOR TREE DAMAGE ALONG OSPUR RD
BEFORE FINALLY LIFTING JUST PRIOR TO REACHING WELDON SPRINGS RD.
WELDON - DE LAND TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 14.14 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 500 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/27/2026
START TIME: 06:41 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 SW LANE / DE WITT COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 40.0912 / -88.8987
END DATE: 04/27/2026
END TIME: 06:54 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 NNE DE LAND / PIATT COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 40.1334 / -88.6382
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO DEVELOPED 8 MILES WEST OF WELDON, SNAPPING SEVERAL
ELECTRIC POLES AND DAMAGING TREES. IT CONTINUED TRACKING THROUGH
THE TOWN OF WELDON, CAUSING MORE TREE DAMAGE, REMOVING ROOFING
MATERIAL FROM A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE, AND PEELING BACK THE
ROOF ON THE DELAND-WELDON HIGH SCHOOL. THE TORNADO CROSSED STATE
HIGHWAY 10, STRIKING A FEW FARM OUTBUILDINGS AND DAMAGING MORE
TREES BEFORE DISSIPATING ABOUT 1 MILE NORTH OF DE LAND.
HARP TOWNSHIP TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.61 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/27/2026
START TIME: 06:42 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 W DE WITT / DE WITT COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 40.1927 / -88.8704
END DATE: 04/27/2026
END TIME: 06:42 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 W DE WITT / DE WITT COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 40.1935 / -88.8589
SURVEY SUMMARY:
SMALL MACHINE SHED COLLAPSED WITH ITS DEBRIS STREWN TOWARD THE
ENE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BIRKBECK RD AND NORTHFORK RD.
GALESVILLE - MAHOMET TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 93 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 15.50 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 500 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/27/2026
START TIME: 06:55 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 NE DE LAND / PIATT COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 40.1467 / -88.6037
END DATE: 04/27/2026
END TIME: 07:09 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 NE LAKE OF THE WOODS / CHAMPAIGN COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 40.2291 / -88.3328
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO SPUN UP WEST OF GALESVILLE, DAMAGING TREES AND
CAUSING ROOF AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO FARM OUTBUILDINGS. IT
CONTINUED TRACKING NORTHEAST INTO THE NORTHERN SIDE OF MAHOMET,
CAUSING EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED A COUPLE OF
MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKE OF THE WOODS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
COUNTY ROAD 700 AND 2400N.
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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