EF1 tornado in Iroquois County, Illinois
Tornado June 11, 2026 · Iroquois County, Illinois
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Ford County → Iroquois 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 90 mph which touched down northwest of Paxton in Ford County crossed into Iroquois County just west of Route 45. A large farm building was completely destroyed just east of N 400 East Road. Other tree damage occurred in this area. The tornado continued moving east where a large farm building was destroyed just south of E 100 North Road, west of N 500 East Road. A few shingles were removed from the roof of a house along E 100 North Road, west of N 600 East Road and then the tornado ended in a field.
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 Bayles Lake (40.4881, -88.0869).
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 1341695. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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