It's the 10th anniversary of a localized tornado outbreak in the Midwest on March 15, 2016. It produced three EF2s including this one which my chase partner and I glimpsed as it tracked just northwest of Hanna City, IL around 7:50 PM.

March 15, 2026 - 22:49 UTC

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...we were not really expecting a tornado by that time because our storm appeared to be about to be swallowed by a line. Between that and the darkness, it was a bit of a "brown pants" moment and we hightailed it out of there before we could get a better shot...
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...Depending on my mood I consider this my first "chase" tornado, although it cannot be confirmed from my footage alone due to ground contact obscured by the tree line (that and due to the darkness I was running my camcorder in its 4 FPS "night vision" mode).
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