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Posted on 02/20/2026 6:28:41 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
Destructive storms blasting through parts of the Midwest spawned tornadoes that hit Indiana and Illinois, as near-hurricane force winds swept parts of the region.
A violent tornado ripped through southeastern Illinois on Thursday, shredding homes, overturning cars and leaving a trail of destruction that stretched at least six miles long. At least a dozen buildings were destroyed.
Powerful wind mangled mobile homes and flipped them upside down. One woman was trapped inside until rescue crews could reach her.
That same twister then barreled across the Indiana state line.
Another powerful tornado ripped through Bloomington, Indiana, on Thursday, as severe thunderstorms and 70 mile per hour wind gusts hammered the city that's home to around 80,000 people. It toppled trees and power lines, peeled roofs off of buildings and destroyed a bank in a normally-busy shopping district.
Parts of the bank's roof caved in and the facade was shredded.
The twisters were part of a massive winter weather system that sprawled 1,000 miles across the country from Ohio to Nebraska, where it brought nearly a foot of snow and whiteout conditions to Omaha. Conditions were dangerous on the roads across the state.
On Friday, a wind advisory from the National Weather Service was in effect for parts of Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Ohio.
"Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects," the weather service warned. "Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result."
The weather service in Indianapolis said westerly winds will frequently gust up to 45 mph across, with the strongest gusts hitting in the morning hours.
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According to my phone weather app, it's going to be windy until about 7 PM.
Lots of storms last night, but no tornado through our area, that I know of. Still windy today.
The strong storms either went north of us (mostly north and northeast of Mt. Vernon, IL, or south of us, in Tennessee.
The biggest problem for us will be air temperatures possibly in the mid-teens early next Monday and Tuesday mornings. That means kicking the heat higher in my shop and in the chicken coops, so they don’t freeze up. It looks like we’ll have no snow on the roof(s) to help insulate the house, the shop, or the birdies, either, so that’ll hit us in the wallet (for the electricity).
You of course would find such weather in late February “moderate”. ;-)
Wow. It seems early in the season for tornadoes in Illinois. Here in northeast Oklahoma, it’s been in the 60’s and 70’s, but the next 3 days, only up to the 40’s, then back up to warm weather. No tornado activity.
NE Ohio...windy
KS MO Border. Nothing. Cloudy, Windy, 30F with chance of light snow.
“Everyone knows it’s Windy”
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