Results from Storm Surveys of June 7th Tornadoes (Updated 06/11/08)
...TORNADO DAMAGE SURVEYS FOR JUNE 7 2008...
Eight tornadoes occurred Saturday afternoon and evening over northeast
Illinois. Pictures of the tornadoes submitted by storm spotters and chasers
can be found here.
TORNADO 1
VIDEO FROM A STORM SPOTTER AND AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT FROM THE DWIGHT
FIRE DEPARTMENT HAVE ALLOWED THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO CONFIRM
AN EF-0 TORNADO ABOUT 4 MILES EAST OF CORNELL IN LIVINGSTON COUNTY.
THIS WAS THE FIRST TORNADO FROM THE OUTBREAK AND WAS ON THE GROUND
FOR ABOUT 0.8 MILES FROM APPROXIMATELY 421 PM UNTIL 423 PM. NO DAMAGE
WAS NOTED IN THE AREA SINCE THE TORNADO REMAINED IN AN OPEN FIELD FIELD.
TORNADO 2
THE SECOND TORNADO OCCURRED IN LIVINGSTON COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF DWIGHT.
IT BEGAN NEAR 2000E AND 2900N ROADS. POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED ALONG
2900N. ON 2100E ROAD, NORTH OF 3000N ROAD A BARN LOST HALF OF ITS
ROOF. AT 3100N A HOUSE HAD ROOF DAMAGE AND TREE DAMAGE. THE TORNADO
ENDED NEAR 2200E AND JUST SOUTH OF 3200N.
THIS TORNADO HAD A PATH LENGTH OF 3.6 MILES AND MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 40
YARDS. IT BEGAN AT 431 PM AND ENDED AT 445 PM. IT WAS RATED EF1.
BELOW IS RADAR IMAGERY FROM THE FIRST TORNADO AT 436 PM CDT. THE LEFT
IMAGE REPRESENTS RADAR REFLECTIVITY AND THE RIGHT IMAGE REPRESENTS STORM
RELATIVE MOTION. THE REFLECTIVITY IMAGE INDICATES EVIDENCE OF A HOOK
ECHO (IN THE CYAN CIRCLE) WHICH IS A COMMON RADAR FEATURE IN TORNADIC
SUPERCELLS. STRONG ROTATION IS EVIDENT IN THE STORM RELATIVE MOTION
IMAGE ON THE RIGHT. THE GREEN COLORS REPRESENT VELOCITIES TOWARD THE
RADAR (LOCATED TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE STORM AT THIS TIME) AND THE RED
COLORS REPRESENT VELOCITIES AWAY FROM THE RADAR. THIS IMPLIES A
COUNTER-CLOCKWISE (CYCLONIC) CIRCULATION. THIS ROTATIONAL SIGNATURE CAN
ALSO BE SEEN IN SEVERAL SUCCESSIVE RADAR IMAGES FOR OTHER TORNADOES DURING
THIS EVENT.
REFLECTIVITY 436 PM CDT STORM RELATIVE MOTION 436 PM CDT
TORNADO 3
THE THIRD TORNADO OCCURRED NEAR THE SOUTHWEST WILL/NORTHWEST
KANKAKEE COUNTY BORDER, JUST NORTHWEST OF ESSEX. IT BEGAN JUST WEST
OF 17000W ROAD, JUST SOUTH OF COUNTY LINE ROAD. HERE IT UPROOTED
LARGE TREES AND SNAPPED A SMALL HARDWOOD TREE. IT BRIEFLY CROSSED
THE FAR NORTHWEST CORNER OF KANKAKEE COUNTY, THEN MOVED NORTH OF
COUNTY LINE ROAD BACK INTO WILL COUNTY. TREE TOPS WERE SHEARED AT
ESSEX ROAD AND COOPER ROAD. AT MCGUIRE ROAD A CLEAR PATH COULD BE
SEEN IN THE TREES. AT ROUTE 113 AND SMILEY ROAD, NEAR CUSTER PARK,
THE TORNADO SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREES. ACROSS THE KANKAKEE RIVER A
2 STORY HOUSE HAD ITS ROOF COMPLETED REMOVED AND THERE WAS EXTENSIVE
TREE DAMAGE. THE TORNADO WAS RATED EF2 AT THIS POINT. THE TORNADO
CROSSED ROUTE 102 NEAR RITCHIE WHERE TREES WERE DAMAGED. THE TORNADO
CROSSED OLD CHICAGO ROAD NEAR KAHLER ROAD WHERE POWER LINES WERE
DOWN, A SHED AND BARN WERE DAMAGED, THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO A
HOUSE. A SHED WAS DESTROYED. THE TORNADO WEAKENED AS IT MOVED FROM
SYMERTON AND KENNEDY ROADS TO WARNER BRIDGE AND ARSENAL ROADS. THERE
WAS NO DAMAGE EXCEPT TO ONE TREE. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO A BARN
AND TREE LIMBS NORTH OF ARSENAL ROAD BEFORE THE TORNADO DISSIPATED.
THIS TORNADO HAD A PATH LENGTH OF 13.6 MILES AND A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF
ABOUT 200 YARDS. IT BEGAN AT 518 PM AND ENDED AT 546 PM. IT WAS
RATED EF2.
REFLECTIVITY 527 PM CDT STORM RELATIVE MOTION 527 PM CDT
REFLECTIVITY 541 PM CDT STORM RELATIVE MOTION 541 PM CDT
TORNADO 4
THE NEXT WILL COUNTY TORNADO BEGAN NORTHEAST OF WILTON CENTER, JUST
NORTH OF ROUTE 52 AND EAST OF ELEVATOR ROAD, WHERE THERE WAS MINOR
TREE DAMAGE. BASED ON PHOTOS AND EYEWITNESS REPORTS, THE TORNADO
GREW TO BE ABOUT 400 YARDS WIDE AT THIS POINT, BUT THIS WAS AN OPEN
AREA WITH FEW TREES OR STRUCTURES IN THE PATH. AT 120TH AVENUE A
GARAGE WAS DESTROYED AND ALL THAT REMAINED WAS A CINDER BLOCK BASE.
A METAL OUTBUILDING WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED. THIS TORNADO ENDED AT
MANHATTAN-WILTON ROAD JUST WEST OF ROUTE 45.
THIS TORNADO HAD A PATH LENGTH OF 1.8 MILES AND MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 400
YARDS. IT BEGAN AT 551 PM AND ENDED AT 554PM. IT WAS RATED EF2.
REFLECTIVITY 550 PM CDT STORM RELATIVE MOTION 550 PM CDT
TORNADO 5
THE THIRD WILL COUNTY TORNADO BEGAN ALONG PAULING ROAD JUST WEST OF
CENTER ROAD, SOUTH OF THE GREEN GARDEN COUNTRY CLUB. A GARAGE WAS
LEVELED, AND A HOUSE HAD PART OF ITS ROOF TORN OFF AND DAMAGE TO
SECOND STORY EXTERIOR WALLS. AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BRUNS AND
88TH AVENUE, BARNS AND TREES WERE DAMAGED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED
ALONG BRUNS ROAD BETWEEN 80TH AND 88TH AVENUES. ON THE SOUTH SIDE
OF THE BRUNS ROAD A BARN AND AN OUTBUILDING WERE COMPLETELY
DESTROYED. THE HOUSE LOST A LARGE SECTION OF THE SOUTHEAST WALL ON
THE SECOND FLOOR. ANOTHER HOUSE WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED WITH SIDING AND
A WEST WALL BLOWN OFF. NORTH OF BRUNS ROAD, THERE WAS A BARN THAT
WAS PRACTICALLY DESTROYED WITH ONLY A PARTIAL WALL STANDING. A
HORSE BARN WAS DESTROYED WITH THE STABLES INTACT AND HORSES STILL
STANDING THERE. IN THE BACKYARD OF THE NEXT HOME, THERE WERE TREES
BLOWN DOWN AND DEBRIS, SUCH AS TRAILERS AND A SMALL ROW BOAT WERE
BLOWN INTO THE CREEK IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF BRUNS ROAD. A CHAIN LINK
FENCE WAS PULLED FROM THE GROUND. MANY TREES WERE UPROOTED AND /OR
BLOWN OVER AND POWER LINES WERE DOWN ON THE GROUND OR HANGING ON
TREES. THE NEXT HOUSE HAD DAMAGE TO TWO GARAGES. THE DOORS WERE
BLOWN OUT OF BOTH GARAGES AND THE ROOF OF ONE GARAGE WAS SEVERELY
DAMAGED. THE HOUSE HAD SIDING AND ROOF SHINGLES BLOWN OFF. A HOUSE
AT THE EAST END OF THIS SECTION OF BRUNS ROAD, CLOSEST TO 80TH
AVENUE HAD SIDING BLOWN OFF AND CHIMNEY DAMAGE. THE TORNADO WAS
RATED F2 BASED ON DAMAGE ALONG BRUNS ROAD. THE TORNADO APPARENTLY
ENDED SOUTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF HARLEM AVENUE AND
MANHATTAN-MONEE ROAD, WHERE THERE WAS MINOR TREE DAMAGE.
THIS TORNADO HAD A PATH LENGTH OF 3.7 MILES AND A MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH
OF 150 YARDS. IT BEGAN AT 555 PM AND ENDED AT 608 PM. IT WAS RATED EF2.
REFLECTIVITY 604 PM CDT STORM RELATIVE MOTION 604 PM CDT
TORNADO 6
THE TORNADO REDEVELOPED NEAR RIDGELAND AVENUE AND DRALLE ROAD, WHERE
A HIGH TENSION METAL TRUSS TOWER COLLAPSED AND FOUR OTHERS WERE
DAMAGED. POWER LINES BLOCKED I-57. THE TORNADO DESTROYED A MOBILE
HOME AND OUTBUILDINGS EAST OF RIDGELAND BETWEEN DRALLE AND STUENKEL
ROADS BEFORE CROSSING I-57. THE TORNADO WAS RATED EF2 IN THIS AREA.
SIX PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN VEHICLES ON I-57. EAST OF I-57 AT
STUENKEL ROAD A LARGE WAREHOUSE HAD BAY DOORS BLOWN IN, MUCH OF THE
ROOF COLLAPSED, AND THE WEST WALL BLOWN IN. POWER POLES WERE PUSHED
OVER ALONG SOUTH CENTRAL AVENUE. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST
THROUGH AN OPEN AREA BEFORE HITTING A SUBDIVISION ON THE NORTHWEST
CORNER OF STEGER ROAD AND CICERO AVENUE. LARGE TREE LIMBS WERE DOWN
AND A COUPLE TREES WERE UPROOTED. HOMES WERE SOMEWHAT SHELTERED BY
LARGE TREES AND ONLY SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. ONE HOME NEAR CICERO
AVENUE HAD PART OF ITS ROOF TORN OFF. EAST OF CICERO AVENUE, THE
TORNADO WEAKENED SLIGHTLY AS IT MOVED THROUGH AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.
ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SOFFITS AND SIDING WAS NOTED. THE
TORNADO HIT ANOTHER SUBDIVISION ALONG IMPERIAL DRIVE. A FEW HOMES
HAD GARAGES PARTIALLY COLLAPSED OR DESTROYED. THE TORNADO THEN
PASSED THROUGH AN OPEN AREA BEFORE CROSSING GOVERNORS HIGHWAY AND
THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL TRACKS, JUST SOUTH OF SAUK TRAIL. THE TORNADO
HIT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX JUST EAST OF THE HIGHWAY AND RAILROAD
TRACKS. ONE THREE STORY BUILDING HAD MUCH OF THE ROOF RIPPED OFF AND
PART OF THE THIRD FLOOR EXTERIOR WALLS BLOWN DOWN. CARPORTS WERE
COLLAPSED AND OTHER BUILDINGS HAD MINOR DAMAGE. THE TORNADO WAS
RATED EF2 IN THIS AREA. THE TORNADO MOVED THROUGH THE INTERSECTION
OF SAUK TRAIL AND RICHTON SQUARE ROAD WHERE A GROCERY STORE AND CAR
WASH SUSTAINED DAMAGE. THE TORNADO THEN WEAKENED TO EF0 INTENSITY AS
IT CONTINUED NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL PARK AVENUE AND THE NORTHWEST
PART OF CENTRAL PARK. ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES WAS OBSERVED IN A
SUBDIVISION IN THIS AREA. THE TORNADO CROSSED THE E J AND E TRACKS,
THEN IT DAMAGED A ROOF AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX NEAR NORTH STREET AND
ORCHARD DRIVE. THE LAST SIGNS OF TREE DAMAGE WERE JUST SOUTHWEST OF
THE INTERSECTION OF LINCOLN HIGHWAY AND WESTERN AVENUE.
THIS TORNADO HAD A PATH LENGTH OF 5.8 MILES AND MAXIMUM WIDTH OF
ABOUT 150 YARDS. IT BEGAN AT 613 PM AND ENDED AT 630 PM. IT WAS
RATED EF2.
REFLECTIVITY 618 PM CDT STORM RELATIVE MOTION 618 PM CDT
REFLECTIVITY 627 PM CDT STORM RELATIVE MOTION 627 PM CDT
TORNADO 7
AT APPROXIMATELY 632 PM...A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN SOUTH CHICAGO
HEIGHTS IN THE SCHUBERT`S WOODS FOREST PRESERVE JUST NORTH OF SAUK
TRAIL AND WEST OF FOREST PRESERVE DRIVE. THIS TORNADO THEN TRACKED
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE FOREST EVENTUALLY EMERGING FROM THE FOREST NEAR
EUCLID AND WEST 26TH STREETS. AT THIS LOCATION LARGE TREES WERE
UPROOTED AND PORTIONS OF A ROOF WERE LIFTED OFF A LARGE WAREHOUSE
BUILDING. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST ACROSS RESIDENTIAL AREAS
NORTH OF 26TH ST AND WEST OF CHICAGO RD. IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD SEVERAL
HOMES SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE...WITH TWO HOME SUSTAINING SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE FROM LARGE TREES FALLING ONTO THE HOMES. THE TORNADO
CONTINUED NORTHEAST ACROSS CHICAGO RD...EVENTUALLY LIFTING AT 637
PM JUST SOUTH OF LINCOLN HWY NEAR 16TH ST AND CENTER AVE. DAMAGE
TO TREES WAS NOTED ALL ALONG THE PATH...INCLUDING SEVERAL LARGE
TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED IN HALF. THE MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGE
ALONG THE PATH WAS EF-0 INTENSITY...THOUGH THERE WERE SOME POCKETS
OF LOW END EF-1 DAMAGE.
THE FOLLOWING STORM RELATIVE MOTION IMAGE ON THE RIGHT SUGGESTS A
WEAKENING LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION , WHILE ALSO INDICATING A STRENGTHENING
CIRCULATION NEAR CHICAGO HEIGHTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TORNADO.
REFLECTIVITY 636 PM CDT STORM RELATIVE MOTION 636 PM CDT
TORNADO 8
ANOTHER TORNADO BRIEFLY SWEPT THROUGH A SUBDIVISION IN LANSING. THIS
TORNADO BEGAN EAST OF BURNHAM ROAD NEAR 179TH STREET AND ENDED NEAR
THE INDIANA STATE LINE AND 177TH STREET. THIS TORNADO DAMAGED TREE
LIMBS. A FALLEN LIMB DAMAGED A CAR.
THIS TORNADO HAD A PATH LENGTH OF .7 MILES AND WIDTH OF ABOUT 50
YARDS. IT BEGAN AT 648 PM AND ENDED AT 649 PM. IT WAS RATED EF0.
THE STORM RELATIVE VELOCITY DATA ON THE RIGHT FOR THE LAST TORNADO
SUGGESTS A WEAKENING CIRCULATION. THIS STORM WOULD FURTHER WEAKEN
ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA AND NO OTHER TORNADOES WERE REPORTED.
REFLECTIVITY 650 PM CDT STORM RELATIVE MOTION 650 PM CDT
ALLSOPP/WILSON/IZZI/MERZLOCK/SIRVATKA/WOJTOWICZ
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