Effingham tornado: Fresh warning for parts of Illinois after touchdown reported nearby; watch scary videos of twister
A fresh tornado warning was issued for Effingham, Altamont, and Teutopolis in Illinois on Wednesday. The National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed the same in a statement which noted that the warning would be in effect till 9:45pm CDT (10:45pm ET).
This comes amid widely shared footage of the tornado near Effingham from earlier in the day. However, there’s no information on the damage from the reported touchdown yet.
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Effingham, Illinois tornado videos and photos
One person shared a photo of the sky from earlier in the day, showing the tornado formation. “Strong, damaging tornado near Effingham, IL earlier,” they wrote.
Another post shared footage from the tornado, and wrote “Absolutely incredible footage of the Effingham, IL tornado earlier!”.
On Facebook too people shared videos of the twister. One noted they saw a tornado to the north west of Effingham. The video showed a huge twister on the ground.
Another added, “Our house looking north to Effingham. Tornado?,” while sharing a photo of what appeared to be a tornado in the distance.
One person commenting on the photo wrote “Yes touched down north of Effingham. We could see it from our house in Bible Grove too.”
Yet another shared clips of the sky and wrote “Tornado warning in Effingham and the thunder is wicked. Just watched a. Tornado right in front of our house well it looked close.” You can see all the videos here.
“Large and destructive cone tornado. Effingham Illinois a few moments ago,” the Facebook page noted.
Yet another person, sharing photos, wrote “My friends up in Effingham and T Town area just got hit hard by a powerful tornado as well as Charleston, Illinois. Please keep them in your prayers tonight. As far as far Southern Illinois, I expect the storms to roll through here around 1-3am tonight. Strong winds and small hail the main threat.”
More clips were shared on X of the tornado near Effingham.
“Drill bit action on the Effingham, IL tornado. Was able to sit in this exact spot where it crossed the road a few minutes later as I dropped 200 yards farther south,” the person wrote.