EF0 tornado in Ford County, Illinois
Tornado June 11, 2026 · Ford County, Illinois
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through McLean County → Ford County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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 tornado with estimated peak winds of 80 mph touched down approximately 3 miles southeast of Saybrook in McLean County and crossed into Ford County just west of Route 54. The tornado damaged trees, power lines and an outbuilding in Harpster. The tornado then impacted a campground along E 200N Road, two miles south of Gibson City where it rolled over and damaged several campers. Trees and farm outbuildings were also damaged at a farmstead one mile east of the campground. The tornado then tracked east northeast for a few miles, primarily producing tree damage before ending in a field north of E 300N Road.
The wider storm
Severe thunderstorms moved across northern Illinois during the afternoon and evening of June 11th producing wind damage, localized flooding and several tornadoes.
Began near Derby (40.4020, -88.4599).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
14 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1341678. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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