Key keywords: tornado warnings ended, severe thunderstorm warnings active, National Weather Service, Midwest severe weather, storm damage assessment, flash flood risk, emergency safety guidelines, power outage response. The U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) officially announced on Wednesday afternoon that all active tornado warnings for the four-state Midwest region covering northern Illinois, central Indiana, western Ohio, and southern Wisconsin have been terminated, after a 5-hour period of heightened severe weather risk that included multiple confirmed tornado touchdowns. The initial tornado warning batch was issued at 11:17 a.m. local time, after meteorologists detected rotating supercell storm systems moving eastward across the Mississippi River, with radar signatures indicating high likelihood of funnel cloud formation. Local law enforcement confirmed three EF-1 tornado touchdowns in Rockford, Illinois, Lafayette, Indiana, and Madison, Wisconsin respectively, with reports of partial roof damage to 27 residential properties, hundreds of uprooted trees, and downed power lines that have left over 12,000 utility customers without power as of press time. No fatalities or serious injuries have been reported to date, an outcome that local emergency management officials attribute to early warning dissemination and public compliance with shelter-in-place orders. While tornado risk has dropped to near-zero for the entire region, NWS officials stressed that severe thunderstorm warnings will remain in effect until 10 p.m. local time Wednesday, with the fast-moving storm system expected to bring wind gusts of up to 75 miles per hour, hailstones measuring up to 1.75 inches in diameter, and short-duration heavy rainfall of up to 2.5 inches per hour in low-lying and urban areas. These conditions carry significant risk of flash flooding, structural damage to unprotected buildings, and further power outages. Local authorities have canceled all after-school programs and public outdoor events across the region for the remainder of Wednesday, and have advised residents to remain indoors, avoid travel unless absolutely necessary, keep emergency supplies on hand, and monitor local weather updates for any last-minute warning changes. Utility crews have been deployed to high-impact zones to restore power as soon as weather conditions allow, while storm damage assessment teams are on standby to begin full evaluations of affected neighborhoods once all severe weather warnings are lifted. Officials also noted that even as tornado risk fades, severe thunderstorms can produce wind speeds equivalent to low-grade tornadoes, and urged residents not to dismiss active warnings as less urgent.