EF1 tornado in Sangamon County, Illinois

The tornado crossed from Menard County into northern Sangamon County about 2.5 miles west of State Route 97. Tracking through the town of Salisbury, it mainly did tree damage, but also damaged a garage and roof of an adjacent home. As it continued southeast into northern Springfield, tree damage continued. On the northeast side of Springfield, it blew in the garage door of a business. East-southeast of Springfield, tree damage continued in rural areas. In these areas, the tornado followed the exact path of the June 10th 2026 EF1 tornado. The tornado ended about 2 miles west of Mechanicsburg.

Several rounds of significant convection impacted central Illinois on June 17th, 2026. Clusters of thunderstorms initially formed on the nose of a strong low-level jet streak across Iowa during the pre-dawn hours, then tracked southeastward along a warm frontal boundary into central Illinois through midday. Scattered damaging wind gusts were reported in north-central Illinois, with the most concentrated corridor of 60-70 mph winds focused along a Galesburg, to Peoria, to Chenoa line.

Thunderstorms re-developed along a remnant outflow boundary from the morning convection by mid to late afternoon, with the most intense cells materializing along and south of a Springfield to Paris line where several tornadoes occurred and hail larger than baseballs (3 diameter) was reported across portions of Moultrie, Douglas, and Coles counties. An EF2 tornado impacted the Mattoon to Charleston area, and an EF3 tracked just north of Effingham.