Friday, June 26, 2015

In Total 10 Tornadoes Touched Down in Northern Illinois on Monday

On Monday June 22nd in total 10 tornadoes touched down through northern Illinois, with four of those being in the Stateline region.
Here are a few facts from the severe weather event.
A total of ten tornadoes occurred in Northern Illinois. Nine of those occurred from one long lived rotating storm which is known as a cyclic supercell storm. It tracked across Whitside and Lee counties, as well as LaSalle, Grundy, Will, and Kannakee counties.
The heaviest damage was in Coal City and Braidwood which was hit by an EF-3 tornado with maximum winds at 160mph.  The second was the Woodhaven Campgroung in Sublette (Lee County) caused by a high end EF-2 tornado with maximum winds at 130mph.
There were 12 people injured but not fatalities.



One tornado occurred in Whiteside county, one that started in Whiteside and tracked into Lee, and then two more in Lee county. Here's a break down of each tornado from the National Weather Service.


TORNADO #1: STERLING AND ROCK FALLS TORNADO...*

RATING:                 EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND:    100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  2.2 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   75 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             JUN 22 2015
START TIME:             714 PM CDT
START LOCATION:         1 MILE NORTHEAST OF ROCK FALLS IL
START LAT/LON:          41.7909 / -89.6707

END DATE:               JUNE 22 2015
END TIME:               718 PM CDT
END LOCATION:           2.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROCK FALLS IL
END LAT/LON:            41.7686 / -89.6402

SURVEY SUMMARY: MAINLY DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
.TORNADO #2: WHITESIDE COUNTY TO LEE COUNTY TORNADO...

RATING:                 EF-1
PEAK WIND:              105 MPH
PATH LENGTH:            2.6 MILES
PATH WIDTH MAXIMUM:     50 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             JUN 22 2015
START TIME:             716 PM CDT
START LOCATION:         3.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROCK FALLS IL
START LAT/LON:          41.7360 / -89.6509

END DATE:               JUN 22 2015
END TIME:               720 PM CDT
END LOCATION:           3.5 MILES WEST OF HARMON IL
END LAT/LON:            41.7099 / -89.6174

SURVEY SUMMARY: MAINLY DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES. DAMAGE TO
SIDING ON HOUSE.

 
 
 
 
 TORNADO #3: HARMON AREA TORNADO

RATING:                 EF-1
PEAK WIND:              105 MPH
PATH LENGTH:            7.5 MILES
PATH WIDTH MAXIMUM:     50 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             JUN 22 2015
START TIME:             728 PM CDT
START LOCATION:         2.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF HARMON IL
START LAT/LON:          41.7436 / -89.5917

END DATE:               JUN 22 2015
END TIME:               740 PM CDT
END LOCATION:           5.1 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF HARMON IL
END LAT/LON:            41.6971 / -89.4615

SURVEY SUMMARY: NARROW PATH OF MAINLY TREE DAMAGE. REAR FLANK
DOWNDRAFT DAMAGE WAS NOTED SOUTH OF THE PATH INCLUDING DAMAGE
A ROOF BLOWN OFF A BUILDING IN HARMON. 
STORM SPOTTERS ASSISTED WITH THE IDENTIFYING OF THE TORNADO. .
 
 
 
 
TORNADO #4: WOODHAVEN LAKES/SUBLETTE TORNADO 
 
 
 
RATING:                 EF-2
PEAK WIND:              130 MPH
PATH LENGTH:            7.8 MILES
PATH WIDTH MAXIMUM:     ONE HALF MILE
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               7

START DATE:             JUN 22 2015
START TIME:             753 PM CDT
START LOCATION:         4.0 MILES SOUTH OF AMBOY IL
START LAT/LON:          41.6565 / -89.3213

END DATE:               JUN 22 2015
END TIME:               811 PM CDT
END LOCATION:           3.4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SUBLETTE IL
END LAT/LON:            41.6044 / -89.1874

SURVEY SUMMARY: SIGNIFICANT TREES SNAPPED AND UPROOTED IN
WOODHAVEN LAKES CAMPING RESORT AREA. SEVERAL OF THESE FELL
ON RECREATIONAL VEHICLES.

NOTES: THIS WAS THE STRONGEST TORNADO DAMAGE RATING WITHIN LEE
COUNTY ITSELF SINCE AN F2 TORNADO ON JULY 8 1993. THE THREE
TORNADOES IN LEE COUNTY WAS THE MOST IN ONE CALENDAR DAY IN THE
TORNADO PERIOD OF RECORD /SINCE 1950/.  
 
 
 For the full report from the National Weather Service click here.

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