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EF3 tornado in Livingston County, Illinois

Tornado June 11, 2026 · Livingston County, Illinois

EF3
Rating
11.9 mi
Whole path
600 yd
Path width
7
Injuries

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Livingston County → La Salle County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 600 yards (0.34 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF3 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF3 is severe damage: whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, consistent with estimated gusts of 136–165 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tornado with estimated peak winds of 145 mph touched down in a field southwest of the intersection of E 2600 North Road and N 190 East Road. The tornado moved north through Long Point where it caused tree damage. Sporadic tree damage continued near Ancona and in Reading Township. The tornado intensified as it crossed Route 23 where it blew a grain bin off its foundation and dragged it for approximately 700 yards. Drone imagery near this location showed a truck that was dragged at least 200 yards through a field. Damage to trees and utility poles also occurred near Route 23. A grain bin was destroyed just south of E 3150 North Road. The tornado crossed the Vermilion River where it destroyed a car port, a garage, flipped a camper, damaged the roof of a home and caused tree damage. A single story home partially constructed in place and partially modular was heavily damaged near the intersection of Aquaduct Road and E W Road. The tornado continued moving northeast where it crossed into LaSalle County just east of Prairie View Road. Crop damage also occurred in most of the path of the tornado in Livingston County.

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 Long Point (40.9986, -88.8961).

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 1342010. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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