Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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This is recorded LIVE television coverage on The Weather Channel from Friday, April 19, 1996 as a significant tornado outbreak unfolded across Illinois and Indiana. Mostly it features radar and phone reports with local officials. Some local Tampa weather newscasts and CNN reports are also intermixed.

For local coverage from the April 19, 1996 tornadoes, please see the following compilation from WAND TV: youtu.be/AfOTBKfVvN4?si=-Xa6dqDlxZBYVNjL

For a in depth pre and post meteorological analysis and storm chase day video from Central Illinois: youtu.be/o2sDmdyR2aQ