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Map Phenomena States Warning Summary - Tornado HQ Warning Counties Warning End Map
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severe thunderstorm
IL
At 953 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Fairview to near Havana to Tallula to 6 miles northeast of Athensville, moving east at 55 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Cass / Fulton / Logan / Mason / Menard / Morgan / Sangamon 2026-04-27 15:30:00 UTC show me
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severe thunderstorm
IL
At 944 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles southeast of White Hall, moving east at 40 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Greene / Macoupin 2026-04-27 15:45:00 UTC show me
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severe thunderstorm
IL
At 943 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Illiopolis, or 15 miles west of Decatur, moving northeast at 45 mph.  
show me the full warning 		De Witt / Logan / Macon / Sangamon 2026-04-27 15:15:00 UTC show me
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severe thunderstorm
IL
At 936 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Abingdon to near Vermont, moving northeast at 60 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Fulton / Knox / Mason EXPIRED show me
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severe thunderstorm
IL
At 927 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over McDonough County 4-H Grounds, or over Macomb, moving east at 45 mph.  
show me the full warning 		McDonough 2026-04-27 15:15:00 UTC show me
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severe thunderstorm
IL
At 915 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Carterville to Lake Of Egypt Area, moving northeast at 50 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Franklin / Hamilton / Johnson / Saline / Williamson EXPIRED show me
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severe thunderstorm
IL
At 906 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Golden to near Buckhorn to Griggsville to near Pleasant Hill to Clarksville to 6 miles southwest of Eolia, moving east at 50 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Cass / Fulton / Mason / Menard / Morgan / Sangamon / Schuyler / Scott EXPIRED show me
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tornado
IL
At 903 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located 6 miles north of Pleasant Hill, or 7 miles southwest of Pittsfield, moving east at 50 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Greene / Pike EXPIRED show me
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severe thunderstorm
IL
At 859 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Springfield, moving northeast at 45 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Logan / Sangamon EXPIRED show me
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severe thunderstorm
IL
At 857 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line from near Beverly to 6 miles southeast of Louisiana, or along a line from 15 miles northwest of Pittsfield to 6 miles southeast of Louisiana, moving east at 55 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Greene / Pike EXPIRED show me
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severe thunderstorm
IL
At 843 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Elkville to near Carbondale, moving northeast at 55 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Franklin / Jackson / Jefferson / Perry / Williamson EXPIRED show me
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severe thunderstorm
IL
At 838 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southwest of Owaneco, or 7 miles south of Taylorville, moving northeast at 50 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Christian / Macon / Shelby EXPIRED show me
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tornado
IL / MO
At 824 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located 6 miles south of Center, or 8 miles north of Vandalia, moving east at 50 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Calhoun / Pike / Pike / Ralls EXPIRED show me
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severe thunderstorm
IL / MO
At 821 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Grand Tower to near Trail Of Tears State Park, moving northeast at 45 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Franklin / Jackson / Union / Williamson / Perry EXPIRED show me
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severe thunderstorm
IL
At 820 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Palmyra, or 8 miles west of Virden, moving northeast at 50 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Morgan / Sangamon EXPIRED show me
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severe thunderstorm
IL / MO
At 810 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line from over Warren to near Mexico, or along a line from 6 miles north of Monroe City to near Mexico, moving east at 60 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Adams / Calhoun / Pike / Audrain / Lincoln / Marion / Pike / Ralls EXPIRED show me
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severe thunderstorm
IL
At 759 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Kemper, or 12 miles west of Carlinville, moving northeast at 55 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Greene / Macoupin / Montgomery EXPIRED show me
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tornado
MO
At 754 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near Paris, moving east at 50 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Monroe / Ralls EXPIRED show me
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severe thunderstorm
MO
At 735 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line from 10 miles southwest of Clarence to 9 miles northwest of Rocheport, or along a line from 18 miles west of Shelbina to 21 miles west of Columbia, moving east at 50 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Audrain / Boone / Monroe / Shelby EXPIRED show me
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severe thunderstorm
IL
At 732 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Marion to 8 miles southeast of Creal Springs, moving northeast at 45 mph.  
show me the full warning 		Franklin / Hamilton / Johnson / Pope / Saline / Williamson EXPIRED show me

If you're looking for older warnings, we now have an experimental tornado warning archive for today's tornado warnings and the past 48 hours of warnings.

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complete severe weather outlook including tornado, wind, and hail threats

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Tornado watches are red. Severe thunderstorm watches are blue.

things you should know about this experimental live-updating page

  1. Warnings are delayed. If you are currently affected by severe storms, you should also be paying attention to a local source of information (tv, radio, etc), or have a weather radio, because information on this site can be delayed enough that it could cause you to lose valuable lead time.
  2. The map sometimes breaks in odd ways. At this time, I'm not sure of the actual cause, but every so often, the mapping software will basically lose track of the actual center of the map. It's most obvious when part of the map is black (it's not loading the background). Also, you may notice this bug when you zoom to a specific location or warning, and the map is not centered properly.

    How to fix: The easiest thing is to reload the page. Otherwise, you can try the following to get the map to fix itself:

    1. enter/exit fullscreen map mode
    2. resize the browser window (if a desktop)
    3. change the orientation of the screen (if a tablet/mobile device)
    4. add a new location marker (you can delete the new marker later)

  3. There is experimental voice notifications support. To my knowledge, this only works in the Chrome and Safari browsers. Chrome's default English voice will randomly stop with long text, so I've tried to break up the text into smaller chunks so this doesn't happen. However, this can lead to awkward pauses when it's speaking.
  4. There is now support for tracking custom locations. If you have voice notifications enabled, it will tell you which locations are impacted when it reads new warnings.
  5. Radar on the map will automatically refresh every 5 minutes.
  6. This page is under active development. And things tend to break. A lot. If you think something is wrong, you can reload the page. You can also use the normal severe weather map page which has the same data but does not automatically update.

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