EF1 tornado in Lawrence County, Illinois
Tornado June 21, 2026 · Lawrence County, Illinois
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Lawrence County → Crawford County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 300 yards (0.17 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 touched down about 3 miles west of Birds at 5:25PM CDT. It tracked northeastward, causing primarily tree damage across rural northern Lawrence County before crossing into southern Crawford County between Highway 1 and Brushy Creek at 5:31PM CDT.
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 Westport (38.8405, -87.7250).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
11 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1351072. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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