Effingham, IL Tornado by Meteorologist Erin Kornfeind - 6/17/2026

Video Description

Video captured from the south side of Effingham, Illinois, Wednesday evening, June 17, 2026, between 8 and 8:30 PM, showing the tornado that resulted in a PDS tornado warning being issued for the city of Effingham, Illinois.

Shot Sheet

00:00 Video driving north toward the City of Effingham, Illinois, showing the initial stages of the tornado forming and just beginning to touchdown.

00:34 Video from the south side of the City of Effingham, Illinois, showing the tornado touching down and beginning to kick up debris.

00:48 You can hear a person in the background calling their Mom and showing them a live video of the tornado via FaceTime.

00:58 You can hear the mother ask, Where you guys at with the group replying, South of Effingham, that thing going through the city...thats debris.

01:10 You can see the tornado kicking up debris in the background, and the chasers watching and commenting on it in disbelief.

02:09 Video of the tornado now on the east side of the road and still on the ground, causing damage in the distance.

02:49 Video of the tornado being more defined as it kicks up more debris.

Location

Effingham, IL

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