As high winds swept through the area Tuesday afternoon, the National Weather Service confirmed two tornadoes touched down in Kankakee County.
As high winds swept through the area Tuesday afternoon, the National Weather Service confirmed two tornadoes touched down in Kankakee County.The first was reported near Herscher just before 2 p.m., and soon after, a second tornado hit Manteno.A wastewater treatment facility took the brunt of the damage in Manteno, sending debris through neighboring cornfields and just barely avoiding a nearby mobile home park."I’ve never seen nothing like it," said Rhenn Guynn-Jackson.
Some of the debris even ended up in nearby cornfields."She had just left and she’s like, ‘mom,’ she calls me and she’s like, ‘mom, the building is in the field,’ and I’m like, ‘what!?’" said Guynn-Jackson.Guynn-Jackson stopped to see the tornado damage for herself. Her daughter works at the wastewater treatment plant and left the facility just 15 minutes prior to the impact."God was on her side for sure because if she was in that plant, you never know," said Guynn-Jackson.
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