Andrew Pritchard

Enjoying a pretty classic July Saturday in central Illinois. Too muggy to be comfy outside by Noon, beautiful puffy cumulus clouds dotting the horizon by 3 PM, and a shelf cloud sweeping into town at 7 PM with blustery winds, heavy rain, and lots of rumbly thunder to follow. After pulling some pizzas out of the oven I ran out front and got the drone in the air as a broken line of storms moved into the area from the north. There was a pretty little shelf cloud stretching across the horizon so...

Now that I've got longer videos covering the entire tornado outbreak from June 11th uploaded, I wanted to share a couple videos focused solely on some of the more significant tornadoes that occurred across Illinois during the wild outbreak sequences of June 2026. The Streator, IL tornado was rated EF-3 and caused significant damage on the south and east side of town along its 12 mile, nearly 30 minute journey.

On June 21st, 2026 a "surprise" outbreak of 40+ tornadoes struck portions of Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, and Kentucky. My brother Wil and I documented 5+ tornadoes across southern Illinois, near the towns of Louisville, Newton, Fairfield, and Albion. What an incredible spring it's been in the Midwest and my home state of Illinois!