A brief EF-0 tornado reportedly touched down in Oak Brook near the Hilton Hotel and Willow Crest Golf Club Saturday according to the National Weather Service.
The tornado happened just as students from St. Charles East were also arriving at the hotel for their high school prom.
While 700 students were pulling up for their high school prom, a storm ripped through the Oak Brook area, blowing the roof off an outhouse - which landed nearly 100 feet away.A tornado-producing storm was also located over Oak Brook, moving northeast at 25 mph around 4:50 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.
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