Two tornadoes reportedly touched down briefly in Kankakee County as rain swept across the Chicago area Tuesday afternoon.
"There were what appeared to be two brief tornado touchdowns in Kankakee County. We’re still trying to assess those, but those were associated with a line of fast-moving showers," National Weather Service meteorologist Lee Carlaw said.One of the twisters was reported just west of Manteno and the other was north of Herscher. They touched down around 2 p.m., he said.The storms "didn’t produce any lightning at all," Carlaw added.
Midway Airport recorded a 48 mph wind gust, and Kankakee Airport logged 44 mph winds, and a 50 mph gust was registered in Will County.If confirmed, the two twisters would add to the 20 tornadoes already reported in Illinois this year. The state so far has seen the third-most tornadoes in the country, behind Ohio’s 26 and Florida’s 30, according to the weather service.
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