April 13, 2026

Statistics

Initial Target

Start

End

Storm Intercepts

Tornadoes

Hail

Wind

Features

Miles

Peoria, IL

Springfield, IL 2:19 PM 4/13/2026

Springfield, IL 8:41 PM 4/13/2026

None

0 mph

Virga

201

Summary

Open warm sector chase targeting isolated supercell near Peoria, IL. Storms failed to initiate with only high based virga.

Crew and Equipment

Solo chase. Equipment: Sony AX100, Canon 60D with EFS 10-22, Samsung S25 Ultra.

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Details

I didn't have time to make it all the way to the primary target in southern Minnesota, and I was skeptical of storm mode and chaser convergence. CAMs indicated a much more local play with an isolated supercell going up in the Illinois warm sector. It was a long shot conditional gamble, but I decided to roll the dice on the whims of the models and drove up to Peoria to see what would happen.

Wildflower Hike
5 miles E of Brimfield, IL
5:32 PM

I cleared the west side of Peoria and by early evening nothing was happening, so I decided to kill some time with a hike through Jubilee State Park.

Wildflower Hike
5 miles E of Brimfield, IL
5:47 PM

Wildflower Hike
5 miles E of Brimfield, IL
6:40 PM

Virga Look-a-like Funnel
7 miles E of Brimfield, IL
7:13 PM

With only a few minutes before sunset, it was obvious storms weren't going to fire. I started heading back to Springfield noting some high based showers with virga. One of the virga bands had a great look-a-like funnel shape to it.

Conclusion

Capping or lack of lift along with some overzealous convective models lured me out for a local cap bust. The southern Minnesota target produced some nice tornadoes.

Lessons Learned

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