Illinois Extreme Tornado Watch | Effective 06/17/2026 05:49

Headline: 
Tornado Watch issued June 17 at 7:49AM CDT until June 17 at 3:00PM CDT by NWS Lincoln IL
Event: 
Tornado Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
June 17, 2026 - 5:49am
Expires: 
June 17, 2026 - 1:00pm
Description: 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 340 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 29 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHRISTIAN DE WITT LOGAN MACON MARSHALL MASON MCLEAN MENARD PEORIA SANGAMON SHELBY STARK TAZEWELL WOODFORD IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHAMPAIGN CLARK COLES CUMBERLAND DOUGLAS EDGAR MOULTRIE PIATT VERMILION IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS CASS FULTON KNOX MORGAN SCHUYLER SCOTT THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BEARDSTOWN, BLOOMINGTON, CANTON, CHAMPAIGN, CHARLESTON, CLINTON, DANVILLE, DECATUR, EUREKA, GALESBURG, GREENUP, HAVANA, JACKSONVILLE, LACON, LINCOLN, MARSHALL, MATTOON, MONTICELLO, NORMAL, PARIS, PEKIN, PEORIA, PETERSBURG, RUSHVILLE, SHELBYVILLE, SPRINGFIELD, SULLIVAN, TAYLORVILLE, TOULON, TUSCOLA, URBANA, AND WINCHESTER.
Area Description: 
Cass, IL; Champaign, IL; Christian, IL; Clark, IL; Coles, IL; Cumberland, IL; De Witt, IL; Douglas, IL; Edgar, IL; Fulton, IL; Knox, IL; Logan, IL; McLean, IL; Macon, IL; Marshall, IL; Mason, IL; Menard, IL; Morgan, IL; Moultrie, IL; Peoria, IL; Piatt, IL; Sangamon, IL; Schuyler, IL; Scott, IL; Shelby, IL; Stark, IL; Tazewell, IL; Vermilion, IL; Woodford, IL
Forcast Office: 
NWS Lincoln IL