Illinois Tornado Watch | Effective 04/17/2026 19:07

Headline: 
Tornado Watch issued April 17 at 9:07PM CDT until April 17 at 11:00PM CDT by NWS Lincoln IL
Event: 
Tornado Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
April 17, 2026 - 7:07pm
Expires: 
April 17, 2026 - 9:00pm
Description: 
TORNADO WATCH 131 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 24 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHRISTIAN DE WITT LOGAN MACON MARSHALL MASON MCLEAN MENARD SANGAMON SHELBY TAZEWELL WOODFORD IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS CHAMPAIGN CLARK COLES CUMBERLAND DOUGLAS EDGAR MOULTRIE PIATT VERMILION IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS CASS MORGAN SCOTT THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BEARDSTOWN, BLOOMINGTON, CHAMPAIGN, CHARLESTON, CLINTON, DANVILLE, DECATUR, EUREKA, GREENUP, HAVANA, JACKSONVILLE, LACON, LINCOLN, MARSHALL, MATTOON, MONTICELLO, NORMAL, PARIS, PEKIN, PETERSBURG, SHELBYVILLE, SPRINGFIELD, SULLIVAN, TAYLORVILLE, TUSCOLA, URBANA, AND WINCHESTER.
Area Description: 
Cass, IL; Champaign, IL; Christian, IL; Clark, IL; Coles, IL; Cumberland, IL; De Witt, IL; Douglas, IL; Edgar, IL; Logan, IL; McLean, IL; Macon, IL; Marshall, IL; Mason, IL; Menard, IL; Morgan, IL; Moultrie, IL; Piatt, IL; Sangamon, IL; Scott, IL; Shelby, IL; Tazewell, IL; Vermilion, IL; Woodford, IL
Forcast Office: 
NWS Lincoln IL
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov