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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Chicago IL
726 AM CDT Wed Aug 7 2024 /826 AM EDT Wed Aug 7 2024/

...NWS Damage Survey for the July 14, 2024 Severe Weather Event 
Final Update...

A line of thunderstorms moved across northern Illinois during
the evening of Sunday, July 14, producing swaths of damaging
winds and several embedded tornadoes. This Public Information
Statement provides a summary of the 9 tornadoes that were
confirmed in the NWS Chicago forecast area from this event, as 
well as a summary of the 2 primary corridors of enhanced 
straight-line wind damage that were identified in the area.

A final Public Information Statement with our updated findings
from the July 15th severe weather event is tentatively expected
to be sent out tomorrow.

We thank all of our partners who assisted us with these damage
surveys!


.Esmond Tornado...

Rating:                 EF0
Estimated Peak Wind:    75 mph
Path Length /statute/:  3.39 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   100 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             07/14/2024
Start Time:             08:58 PM CDT
Start Location:         6 SW Kirkland / Ogle County / IL
Start Lat/Lon:          42.0304 / -88.95

End Date:               07/14/2024
End Time:               09:02 PM CDT
End Location:           5 SSW Kirkland / De Kalb County / IL
End Lat/Lon:            42.0139 / -88.888

Survey Summary:
A tornado began just southwest of Esmond and tracked southeast
for about 3.4 miles, ending east of McQueen Road. Tree and crop
damage occurred along the path of the tornado, and one
outbuilding was destroyed as well.

.Elburn Tornado...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    100 mph
Path Length /statute/:  9.02 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   150 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             07/14/2024
Start Time:             09:28 PM CDT
Start Location:         3 ENE Maple Park / Kane County / IL
Start Lat/Lon:          41.9191 / -88.5396

End Date:               07/14/2024
End Time:               09:40 PM CDT
End Location:           3 W Geneva / Kane County / IL
End Lat/Lon:            41.894 / -88.3746

Survey Summary:
This tornado began near the intersection of McNulty Road and
Meredith Road, where crop damage was evident in high resolution
satellite imagery. The tornado  then tracked southeastward
through Elburn, downing trees and damaging a few farm buildings
and houses. The tornado ended east of Brundige Road and south of
State Route 38 after destroying a metal farm building at the
Hickory Lane Equestrian Center.

.St. Charles Tornado...

Rating:                 EF0
Estimated Peak Wind:    80 mph
Path Length /statute/:  0.82 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   200 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             07/14/2024
Start Time:             09:43 PM CDT
Start Location:         2 WNW Geneva / Kane County / IL
Start Lat/Lon:          41.9041 / -88.3519

End Date:               07/14/2024
End Time:               09:44 PM CDT
End Location:           2 NW Geneva / Kane County / IL
End Lat/Lon:            41.8988 / -88.3379

Survey Summary:
As a surge of strong straight-line winds was entering St. Charles
and Geneva, a brief EF-0 tornado spun up just north of Route
38 east of Peck Road. The tornado tracked southeastward to just
southeast of the intersection of Randall Road and Route 38,
causing roof damage to a Metro Self Storage building, damaging a
greenhouse and tossing shopping cart corrals around at a Meijer,
knocking over a light pole, and snapping and uprooting multiple
trees. Damage beyond the Tri-City Shopping Center then appeared
to transition to straight-line wind damage.

.La Grange-Cicero Tornado...

Rating:                 EF0
Estimated Peak Wind:    75 mph
Path Length /statute/:  7.41 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   300 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             07/14/2024
Start Time:             10:23 PM CDT
Start Location:         1 WNW La Grange / Cook County / IL
Start Lat/Lon:          41.8151 / -87.8858

End Date:               07/14/2024
End Time:               10:33 PM CDT
End Location:           1 NNE Cicero / Cook County / IL
End Lat/Lon:            41.8519 / -87.7518

Survey Summary:
An EF-0 tornado began in La Grange and tracked through
Brookfield, Riverside, and Berwyn before ending in Cicero. Damage
along the tornado's path was entirely confined to trees.

.Midway Airport-Kenwood (Chicago) Tornado...

Rating:                 EF0
Estimated Peak Wind:    85 mph
Path Length /statute/:  8.11 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   300 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             07/14/2024
Start Time:             10:33 PM CDT
Start Location:         1 NNE Midway Airport / Cook County / IL
Start Lat/Lon:          41.79 / -87.7425

End Date:               07/14/2024
End Time:               10:43 PM CDT
End Location:           2 N Hyde Park / Cook County / IL
End Lat/Lon:            41.8178 / -87.5905

Survey Summary:
An EF-0 tornado began at Midway Airport and tracked east-
northeastward through the West Elsdon, Gage Park, New City, and
Fuller Park community areas of Chicago, where it primarily caused
tree and minor roof damage to homes. The tornado then crossed
I-90/I-94, producing additional instances of tree damage as it
tracked through the Grand Boulevard and Kenwood community areas
before it tracked out over Lake Michigan. Just as the tornado was
about to spin up, surveillance video at Midway Airport showed
strong winds turning a 737 airplane clockwise 90 degrees, causing
its left wing to slam into the jet bridge that it was stationed
at.

.Englewood-Jackson Park (Chicago) Tornado...

Rating:                 EF0
Estimated Peak Wind:    80 mph
Path Length /statute/:  3.59 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   200 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             07/14/2024
Start Time:             10:40 PM CDT
Start Location:         2 E Englewood / Cook County / IL
Start Lat/Lon:          41.768 / -87.634

End Date:               07/14/2024
End Time:               10:44 PM CDT
End Location:           1 ESE Hyde Park / Cook County / IL
End Lat/Lon:            41.7816 / -87.5672

Survey Summary:
An EF-0 tornado began near Englewood STEM High School and tracked
east-northeastward through the south side of Chicago before
moving over Lake Michigan at Jackson Park. The tornado primarily
caused tree damage along its 3.6 mile long track, though it also
knocked over a train car and caused some minor roof damage as
well.

.Leeds-Long Point Tornado...

Rating:                 EFU
Estimated Peak Wind:    N/A
Path Length /statute/:  4.21 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   150 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             07/15/2024
Start Time:             12:02 AM CDT
Start Location:         4 ESE Wenona / La Salle County / IL
Start Lat/Lon:          41.0292 / -88.9718

End Date:               07/15/2024
End Time:               12:06 AM CDT
End Location:           1 N Long Point / Livingston County / IL
End Lat/Lon:            41.0224 / -88.8922

Survey Summary:
High-resolution satellite imagery indicates that a tornado began
near the intersection of N 7th Road and E 10th Road in La Salle
County and tracked east-southeastward for about 4.2 miles,
causing damage to crops. The damage was most pronounced near the
start of the track between E 10th Road and E 11th Road, where a
clear and continuous damage path was evident in the crops, with
crop damage becoming more sporadic and subtle farther to the
east. The last instance of crop damage appeared to occur just
west of N 200 East Road and south of E 2800 North Road in
Livingston County, just north of Long Point. Because this tornado
did not cause damage to any qualified damage indicators, it has
been assigned an EF-Unknown (EF-U) rating.

.Dana Tornado...

Rating:                 EFU
Estimated Peak Wind:    N/A
Path Length /statute/:  3.96 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   100 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             07/15/2024
Start Time:             12:03 AM CDT
Start Location:         3 NNW Dana / La Salle County / IL
Start Lat/Lon:          40.9943 / -88.9686

End Date:               07/15/2024
End Time:               12:07 AM CDT
End Location:           2 S Long Point / Livingston County / IL
End Lat/Lon:            40.9691 / -88.9023

Survey Summary:
High-resolution satellite imagery indicates that a tornado began
near E 10th Road between N 4th Road and N 5th Road in La Salle
County and tracked southeastward for about 4 miles, carving out a
damage path across crops. The last instance of crop damage
appeared to occur just south of E 2400 North Road between N
100 East Road and N 200 East Road in Livingston County. Because
this tornado did not cause damage to any qualified damage
indicators, it has been assigned an EF-Unknown (EF-U) rating.

.Ancona/Long Point Tornado...

Rating:                 EFU
Estimated Peak Wind:    N/A
Path Length /statute/:  1.90 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   225 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             07/15/2024
Start Time:             12:06 AM CDT
Start Location:         2 N Long Point / Livingston County / IL
Start Lat/Lon:          41.0307 / -88.8916

End Date:               07/15/2024
End Time:               12:08 AM CDT
End Location:           2 NE Long Point / Livingston County / IL
End Lat/Lon:            41.0206 / -88.859

Survey Summary:
High-resolution satellite imagery indicates that as the Leeds-
Long Point tornado was ending, a new tornado began near the
intersection of N 200 East Road and E 2800 North Road north of
Long Point and southwest of Ancona. This tornado tracked
southeastward for almost 2 miles, carving out a damage path
across crops before ending just west of N 400 East Road.

.Central DeKalb, Central Kane, and Western DuPage County
Straight-Line Winds...

Estimated Peak Wind:    90 mph
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

A corridor of strong straight-line winds started near DeKalb and
continued through Cortland, Maple Park, Elburn, Lily Lake, Campton
Hills, St. Charles, Geneva, West Chicago, and surrounding areas.
Damage across this corridor consisted of widespread downed trees,
downed power lines, blown down crops, and multiple instances of
structural damage.

.Southern La Salle and Western and Southern Livingston County
Straight-Line Winds...

Estimated Peak Wind:    80 mph
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

A corridor of strong straight-line winds began in Marshall County
and continued into far southern La Salle and western and southern
Livingston counties. Damage across the area consisted of
widespread downed trees, blown down crops, and damage to multiple
farm outbuildings.

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EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the
following categories:

EF0.....65 to 85 mph
EF1.....86 to 110 mph
EF2.....111 to 135 mph
EF3.....136 to 165 mph
EF4.....166 to 200 mph
EF5.....>200 mph

NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the events and publication in
NWS Storm Data.


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NWS Chicago