Some of this information is repetitive from Jim Allsopp's write-up below, but some of it is new:
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
405 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2011
...ADDITIONAL TORNADO INFORMATION FOR WINNEBAGO AND OGLE COUNTY FROM
MAY 22...
AFTER REVIEWING INFORMATION FROM ADDITIONAL DAMAGE SURVEYS...PHOTOS AND VIDEOS FROM EYEWITNESSES...AND REVIEWING RADAR DATA...IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT MORE TORNADO DAMAGE LIKELY OCCURRED IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY.
THE TORNADO THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DOCUMENTED FROM SOUTHEAST OF FORRESTON TO JUST SOUTH OF WINNEBAGO...APPEARS TO HAVE CONTINUED ANOTHER 10 MILES TO NEAR MACHESNEY PARK. DAMAGE OCCURRED FROM NEAR KELLY ROAD AND WESTFIELD ROAD NORTHEAST TO JUST NORTH OF HARLEM ROAD ALONG THE ROCK RIVER. THIS INCLUDES THE DAMAGE AT KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL ON ROCKTON ROAD. THIS MAKES THE TOTAL PATH LENGTH ABOUT 27 MILES. PATH WIDTH WAS AROUND 200 YARDS. THE TORNADO WAS RATED EF1 WITH MAXIMUM WINDS TO AROUND 110 MPH. MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS TO TREES. THERE WAS SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AT A FARMSTEAD ON FALCONER ROAD EAST OF WINNEBAGO...AS WELL AS ROOF DAMAGE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
ANOTHER TORNADO BEGAN NEAR LATHAM ROAD AND MERIDIAN ROAD WHERE TREES AND LIMBS WERE BROKEN. THIS TORNADO CONTINUED FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES TO STEWARD ROAD. ANOTHER BRIEF TORNADO OCCURRED NORTH OF ROSCOE. THE DAMAGE BEGAN AT A FIRE STATION JUST WEST OF I-90 AND NORTH OF ROCKTON ROAD AND CONTINUED TO NEAR I-90. THE FIRE STATION HAD DAMAGE TO GARAGE DOORS...SIGNS AND FLAGPOLES...AS WELL AS LARGE PINE TREES SNAPPED. PATH LENGTH WAS ABOUT 1 MILE AND WIDTH WAS 50 TO 100 YARDS. THE TORNADO WAS RATED EF1 WITH WINDS TO AROUND 110 MPH.
HOME VIDEO SHOWS ANOTHER POSSIBLE TORNADO IN OGLE COUNTY NEAR KINGS. THERE ARE NO DETAILS ON ANY DAMAGE FROM THIS TORNADO AT THIS TIME.
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