EF2 tornado in Jasper County, Illinois

Tornado June 21, 2026 · Jasper County, Illinois

EF2

Rating

6.2 mi

Whole path

250 yd

Path width

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

EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 250 yards (0.14 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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

The tornado touched down about 2 miles south of Newton where it

produced EF2 tree damage. It progressed to the northeast and

crossed Hwy 130 before dissipating just northeast of the

intersection of E 850 Ave and N 1325th St. The tornado caused

significant tree damage along Hwy 130 and again along N 1325 St.

It also destroyed an outbuilding along N 1100th St and tossed the

debris in several directions.

The wider storm

A remnant Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) interacted with a sheared and unstable environment to produce numerous supercells in southeast Illinois on June 21st. 13 tornadoes were documented, the strongest being two EF-2 tornadoes near Newton. Storms training over the same areas led to widespread heavy rainfall and several occurrences of flash flooding.

Began near Newton Flying Clb Ar (38.9410, -88.1743).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

11 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Clay County EF1 Cumberland County EF1 Crawford County EF1 Crawford County EF1 Lawrence County EF1 Richland County EF0 Shelby County EF0 Cumberland County EFU Tazewell County EFU Christian County EFU Shelby County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1351068. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

Tornadoes near your address

See every tornado that passed near a place you know, measured to its path.