The National Weather Service has confirmed 2 EF-0 tornadoes Saturday in the south and west suburbs as severe weather continues to move through the Chicago area
A confirmed tornado touched down in a portion of south Naperville around 5:41 a.m. near 95th Street and Route 59, according to the National Weather Service....confirmed earlier on southwest side of Naperville has been also been assigned a preliminary EF-0 rating with peak estimated winds of 80 mph. We continue to work on finalizing our damage survey results, and hope to provide additional details soon.A second confirmed tornado occurred early Saturday morning, around 6 a.m.
We have confirmed that a second tornado occurred early this morning in Crest Hill and tracked south into the north side of Joliet before lifting. This tornado has been assigned a preliminary EF-0 rating with peak estimated winds of 70 mph. Additionally, the tornado that was...Naperville's Luke Townsend recounts the frantic moments early in the morning as a confirmed tornado touched down in the western suburb.
"I just really heard my window shake and I really kinda thought it just broke," he said."Then my mom came in and told us we need to go into the basement and we just rushed all downstairs, me, my sister, my dogs and my mom and dad."A confirmed tornado was located over Joliet and a Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in effect for some Chicago area counties.
The majority of the damage reported is along the Route 59 corridor from approximately White Eagle Drive south past Hassert Boulevard, NWS said. "I woke up to complete chaos. Thunder, lighting, wind. I had no idea what was going on," said Nicole Fly, who owns a Naperville UPS store."It's absolutely shocking just because we've had these stores almost my whole life and just to see so much of it destroyed breaks my heart."
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