EF1 tornado in Crawford County, Illinois
Tornado June 21, 2026 · Crawford 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 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
This tornado crossed from northern Lawrence County into southern Crawford County between Highway 1 and Brushy Creek at 5:31PM CDT. It continued to cause sporadic tree damage before dissipating east of the intersection of East 100th Avenue and North 1550th Street at 5:35PM 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 Oil Grove (38.8520, -87.6780).
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 1351073. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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