Chris Yates - WMBD Chief Meteorologist

A Severe T-Storm Warning has been issued for Stark and Peoria Counties through 8:15 pm. Quarter size hail and 1.00" size hail is possible.

A Severe T-Storm Warning has been issued for northern Knox County, including Galesburg, until 6:30 pm. Quarter size hail and 60 mph wind gusts are possible.

Scattered showers continue to move across central Illinois but will gradually end from west to east through midnight. Skies will then clear overnight with areas of frost possible as temperatures fall into the mid to upper 30s. Posted 7:35 pm 4/30/26

Significant damage in Mineral Wells, Texas from a tornado earlier this evening. #TXwx

Scattered rain showers continue to develop over central Illinois. These showers will continue through about midnight (maybe a little longer near I-55) with amounts generally under 0.10" expected. Posted 9:35 pm 4/28/26

Right now it appears frost will be more on the patchy side but could end up being more widespread along and east of I-55 and across far northern Illinois.

We could see areas of frost late Friday night and Saturday morning as temperatures dip into the mid to upper 30s. The combination of a cool airmass, light winds, and clear skies will allow frost to develop where temperatures can drop below 38°.

Record daily rainfall totals from yesterday: Springfield reported 3.62", breaking the old record of 1.93" set in 2002. Peoria reported 2.09", breaking the old record of 1.54" in 2002. #ILwx

@ChrisYatesWx very interesting clouds ☁️ tonight over Tremont! You have my permission to use these and share them if you would like!

#BREAKING: A nighttime tornado touched down Clinton County, IL late on Monday. Multiple areas across the Midwest are expecting overnight severe weather, so make sure to have multiple ways to get alerts if a tornado warning is issued for your area.

MiniCOW packs MegaPOWER! Observes birth and ingestion of satellite tornado and Fujiwara effect deflecting tornado. Tornado transitions 2x between clear eye and debris ball. Prelim data from most powerful mobile radar, 1 MegaWatt C-band storm-penetrating miniCOW in Braman, OK 🌪️

It will be a beautiful night at the ball park for @PeoriaChiefs baseball! Temperatures will be in the 60s under mostly clear skies with light winds.

Incredible hyper-lapse video of a large tornado moving across south Enid, Oklahoma! Captured with our Enid cam, you will see the tornado disappear into a curtain of hail only to remerge moments later! #okwx @KOCOMichael @NWSNorman @KOCOdamonlane @MikeMorganKFOR

It will be another quiet night with temperatures faling into the lower 50s and upper 40s through midnight under mostly clear skies. Chances for showers and storms return late Tuesday afternoon and night, but severe weather is not expected. Posted 2:27 pm 4/20/26

Only one chance in this lifetime… Like watching sunset at the beach from the most foreign seat in the cosmos, I couldn’t resist a cell phone video of Earthset. You can hear the shutter on the Nikon as @Astro_Christina is hammering away on 3-shot brackets and capturing those exceptional Earthset photos through the 400mm lens. @AstroVicGlover was in window 3 watching with @Astro_Jeremy next to him. I could barely see the Moon through the docking hatch window but the iPhone was the perfect size to catch the view…this is uncropped, uncut with 8x zoom which is quite comparable to the view of the human eye. Enjoy.

Severe storms along I-72 are expected to reach Fulton and Mason Counties around 5 pm then along I-74 around or shortly after 6 pm. Hail and damaging winds are the main threats with these storms. We'll begin our coverage as soon as these reach the view Mason County.

Severe storms moving out of the St. Louis area are moving to the NE at 45-50 mph. These storms pose a primary risk of damaging winds and large hail ans hould reach I-74 around 6 pm. Mason and Fulton Counties could be impacted as early as 5 pm. Posted 4:10pm 4/17/26

Tornado Watches have been issued for areas along and north of I-80 as well as areas to our west. This is mainly for storms developing along the warm front and prefrontal troughs. I suspect we'll see a Tornado Watch issued for the rest of the reigon later this afternoon.

#SPC issues Day 2 Enhanced Convective Risk at Apr 16, 5:57z for ILX spc.noaa.gov/products/outlo…

A Severe T-Storm Watch has been issued for areas along and west of the Illinois River through midnight. A line of storms capable of damaging winds and perhaps a brief tornado will be possible. posted 7:56 pm 4/15/26