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Thunderstorm Wind in Clay County, Illinois

Thunderstorm Wind June 21, 2026 · Clay County, Illinois

60 mph
Measured gust (52 kt)

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

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 Xenia (38.6400, -88.6700).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1351601. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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