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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