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 Description
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.
SID: Erin Kornfeind
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