Tornado in McLean County, Illinois
Tornado June 18, 2025 · McLean County, Illinois
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 30 yards (0.02 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A video relayed by broadcast media showed a rope-shaped tornado occurring in a field to the east of Route 54 near Bellflower for about one minute. Further investigation of the video revealed that this brief tornado occurred north of E 300 North Road and west of N 3850 East Road, approximately one mile southwest of Bellflower.
The wider storm
A mesoscale convective vortex, or MCV, moved into central Illinois late on the morning of Wednesday, June 18th. Moderate instability developed ahead of this feature, and as scattered storms formed they quickly obtained rotation due to shear from the MCV. A total of 14 tornadoes occurred within the NWS Central Illinois county warning area, mainly west of I-55. One minor injury occurred when winds associated with a tornado tossed a woman against her home in Morgan County. Across eastern Illinois, a line of storms developed during the afternoon, mainly producing wind damage before shifting east into Indiana. A wake low developed after the MCV passed, resulting in a short period of non-thunderstorm wind gusts, generally between 45 and 55 mph. The highest non-thunderstorm wind gust associated with the wake low was 58 mph.
Began near Laurette (40.3274, -88.5360).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
12 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1261365. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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