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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
844 PM CDT SUN JUL 5 2026 /944 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2026/
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 6/11/2026 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE #7
UPDATE
THIS UPDATE INCLUDES ONE ADDITIONAL TORNADO: A BRIEF EF-U
SATELLITE ASSOCIATED WITH THE WEAKENING KOUTS TORNADO. SEVERAL
TRACKS HAVE BEEN REFINED BASED ON REVIEW OF HIGH-RESOLUTION
SATELLITE IMAGERY.
OVERVIEW
ON JUNE 11, 2026, A REGIONAL TORNADO OUTBREAK IMPACTED PORTIONS OF
ILLINOIS, INDIANA, WISCONSIN, AND MICHIGAN. IN THE NWS CHICAGO
SERVICE AREA, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 24 TORNADOES MAKING THE JUNE
11 EVENT THE 2ND LARGEST ON RECORD BY COUNT OF TORNADOES (THE
RECORD IS 32 TORNADOES ASSOCIATED WITH THE JULY 15, 2024 DERECHO).
REMARKABLY, THERE WERE NO DIRECT FATALITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE
JUNE 11, 2026 TORNADO OUTBREAK ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION.
BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF DAMAGE SURVEY FINDINGS IN THE NWS CHICAGO
SERVICE AREA ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST INDIANA FROM
THE JUNE 11, 2026 TORNADO OUTBREAK. ALL OF THE INFORMATION IN
THIS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE. WE THANK OUR PARTNERING EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND MEDIA
PARTNERS ACROSS THE REGION FOR THEIR HELP IN COLLECTING
INFORMATION DURING AND AFTER THE TORNADO OUTBREAK WHICH GREATLY
AIDED IN THE DAMAGE SURVEY PROCESS.
OSAGE TOWNSHIP
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.43 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 500 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 05:31 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 ESE WENONA / LA SALLE COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 41.0421 / -89.0116
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 05:41 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 5 NNW LONG POINT / LA SALLE COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 41.0719 / -88.9395
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THIS TORNADO STARTED IN THE VICINITY OF N 8TH ROAD NEAR SANDY
CREEK. DISTINCT SWIRL MARKS WERE EVIDENT AS THE TORNADO TRACKED
NORTHEAST BEFORE MOVING ALMOST DUE EAST AND CROSSING E 9TH ROAD
ROUGHLY ONE THIRD OF A MILE SOUTH OF IL-17. THE TORNADO THEN
CONTINUED ON A NORTHEASTERLY PATH IMPACTING A RESIDENCE ON IL-17
WHERE IT DAMAGED A ROOF, SNAPPED A LARGE HARDWOOD TREE ABOUT ONE
THIRD OF THE WAY FROM THE TOP, AND DOWNED A WOODEN ELECTRICAL
POLE. THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED ALONG IL-17, DESTROYING MULTIPLE
MACHINE SHEDS IN THE 900 BLOCK WITH DEBRIS STREWN NORTHEASTWARD
TOWARD E 10TH ROAD. STORM CHASER VIDEO SHOWED AT LEAST THREE FAST-
MOVING SUB-VORTICES AS THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST WHILE
CROSSING E 10TH ROAD. HERE, HIGH RESOLUTION SENTINEL SATELLITE
IMAGERY REVEALED SIGNIFICANT CYCLOIDAL MARKINGS WITHIN AN
APPROXIMATELY 500 YARD WIDE AREA. THE TORNADO WAS LIKELY STRONGER
THAN THE OFFICIAL RATING OF EF1 AT THIS LOCATION, THOUGH A LACK OF
DAMAGE INDICATORS PRECLUDES A HIGHER RATING. THE TORNADO THEN
APPEARED TO WEAKEN RAPIDLY AND LIFT NEAR N 10TH ROAD JUST WEST OF
THE LIVINGSTON COUNTY LINE.
LONG POINT - STREATOR
RATING: EF3
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 145 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 11.91 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 600 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 7
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 05:32 PM CDT
START LOCATION: LONG POINT / LIVINGSTON COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 40.9986 / -88.8961
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 05:59 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 NE STREATOR / LA SALLE COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 41.1486 / -88.8
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO BEGAN IN A FIELD SOUTHWEST OF E 2600 N ROAD AND N 190
EAST ROAD. IT THEN TRACKED INTO LONG POINT WHERE DAMAGE TO TREES
WAS NOTED BEFORE CONTINUING NORTHEAST CAUSING SPORADIC DAMAGE
NEAR ANCONA AND READING TOWNSHIP. THE TORNADO INTENSIFIED AS IT
CROSSED EAST OF N 500 EAST ROAD WHERE IT BLEW A GRAIN BIN OFF THE
FOUNDATION AND DRAGGED IT ALONG THE GROUND FOR APPROXIMATELY 700
YARDS. THE TORNADO REACHED ITS PEAK INTENSITY ON THE SOUTHEAST
SIDE OF STREATOR NEAR THE LIVINGSTON-LA SALLE COUNTY LINE. HERE,
SEVERAL HOUSES ALONG SUNBURY DRIVE WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED. AT ONE
RESIDENCE, ONLY THE INNER-MOST WALLS WERE LEFT STANDING WITH
DEBRIS TOSSED SOUTHWARD, UPSTREAM AGAINST THE TORNADO PATH. DAMAGE
IN THIS AREA WAS CONSISTENT WITH EF-3 WINDS AROUND 145 MPH. THE
TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST BEFORE TURNING NEARLY DUE NORTH
CAUSING DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH EF-2 CALIBER WINDS TO SEVERAL
RESIDENCES ALONG E 19TH ROAD. THE TORNADO APPEARED TO HAVE LIFTED
NORTHEAST OF STREATOR NEAR N 1475TH ROAD.
ROWE - DWIGHT
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 22.84 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 900 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 05:44 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 5 NNW PONTIAC / LIVINGSTON COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 40.9463 / -88.6575
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 06:32 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 WNW REDDICK / LIVINGSTON COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 41.1044 / -88.2768
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO APPEARED TO START NEAR IL ROUTE 23 JUST NORTH OF ROWE
BEFORE TRACKING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
LIVINGSTON COUNTY. THE TORNADO MAY NOT HAVE BEEN FULLY CONDENSED
TO THE GROUND OR CONSISTED OF INTERMITTENT TOUCHDOWNS ALONG THE
FIRST TWO THIRDS OF THE PATH WITH DAMAGE PRIMARILY CONFINED TO
TREES. BASED ON STORM CHASER VIDEOS, THE TORNADO APPEARED TO
RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN AND WIDEN WHILE CROSSING ROUTE 47 AND
APPROACHING THE UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITY OF BLAIR WHERE SEVERAL
HOMESTEADS SUSTAINED ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE AND SEVERAL BARNS WERE
DESTROYED. STORM CHASER VIDEO DEPICTED SUBVORTICES WITHIN THE
TORNADO AS IT CROSSED SEVERAL OPEN FIELDS IN THE GENERAL AREA. THE
TORNADO THEN APPEARED TO LIFT JUST NORTH OF ROUTE 17. THE TORNADO
WAS LIKELY STRONGER THAN THE OFFICIAL RATING OF EF1, THOUGH A
LACK OF DAMAGE INDICATORS PRECLUDES A HIGHER RATING.
BLACKSTONE 1
RATING: EFU
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: N/A
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.79 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 250 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 05:55 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 6 ESE STREATOR / LIVINGSTON COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 41.089 / -88.7282
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 05:56 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 5 SW RANSOM / LIVINGSTON COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 41.0987 / -88.7201
SURVEY SUMMARY:
BASED ON VIDEO FOOTAGE CAPTURED BY SEVERAL STORM CHASERS, A BRIEF
TORNADO BEGAN IN A FIELD BETWEEN N 975 EAST AND N 1100 EAST ROADS
TO THE EAST OF THE STREATOR EF3 TORNADO. THE VIDEO FOOTAGE CLEARLY
SHOWED THE TORNADO CROSSING E 3200 NORTH AND DISSIPATING IN A
FIELD JUST SOUTH OF THE LASALLE COUNTY LINE. THE TORNADO DID NOT
CAUSE ANY KNOWN DAMAGE LEADING TO A RATING OF EFU.
BLACKSTONE 2
RATING: EFU
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: N/A
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.31 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 05:58 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 SSW RANSOM / LA SALLE COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 41.1113 / -88.6999
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 05:59 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 SSW RANSOM / LA SALLE COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 41.1144 / -88.6955
SURVEY SUMMARY:
BASED ON VIDEO FOOTAGE CAPTURED BY STORM CHASERS, A SECOND TORNADO
OCCURRED TO THE EAST OF THE STREATOR EF3 TORNADO. THE BRIEF
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN EAST OF ILLINOIS ROUTE 18 AND NORTH 1200 E
ROAD JUST NORTH OF THE LASALLE COUNTY LINE NEAR A WIND FARM. WITH
NO KNOWN DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE TORNADO, IT WILL BE RATED EFU.
LEE
RATING: EFU
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: N/A
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 5.96 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 07:01 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 WSW LEE / LEE COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 41.769 / -89.0249
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 07:09 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 NNE LEE / DE KALB COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 41.8113 / -88.9243
SURVEY SUMMARY:
BASED ON A VIDEO, A STORM CHASER REPORT, AND A RADAR-DETECTED
DEBRIS SIGNATURE, A TORNADO DEVELOPED JUST NORTHWEST OF THE
INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE 39 AND ROUTE 30. IT IS POSSIBLE THE
TORNADO GLANCED A FARMSTEAD ALONG GERMAN ROAD BEFORE TRACKING
NORTHEAST AND LIFTING IN A FIELD IN THE VICINITY OF TOWER ROAD
NORTH OF HERMANN ROAD. WITH NO IDENTIFIED DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE
TORNADO, IT WILL BE RATED EFU.
HARPSTER - ELLIOTT
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 10.97 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 07:06 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 SE SAYBROOK / MCLEAN COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 40.3962 / -88.4796
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 07:16 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 S ELLIOTT / FORD COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 40.444 / -88.2825
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO BEGAN APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAYBROOK IN
MCLEAN COUNTY WHERE IT DOWNED A FEW TREE BRANCHES AND PEELED BACK
THE METAL ROOF OF AN OUTBUILDING. THE TORNADO CROSSED INTO FORD
COUNTY SHORTLY THEREAFTER, WHERE IT INITIALLY DAMAGED TREES, POWER
LINES, AND AN OUTBUILDING IN THE UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITY OF
HARPSTER. THE TORNADO THEN IMPACTED A CAMPGROUND ALONG E 200N ROAD
2 MILES SOUTH OF GIBSON CITY WHERE IT ROLLED OVER AND DAMAGED
SEVERAL CAMPERS. TREES AND FARM OUTBUILDINGS WERE ALSO DAMAGED AT
A FARMSTEAD ONE MILE EAST OF THE CAMPGROUND. THE TORNADO THEN
TRACKED EAST-NORTHEASTWARD FOR A FEW MORE MILES, PRIMARILY
PRODUCING TREE DAMAGE BEFORE DISSIPATING APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ELLIOTT.
PEMBROKE TOWNSHIP
RATING: EFU
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: N/A
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.57 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 07:08 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 SSE HOPKINS PARK / KANKAKEE COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 41.0329 / -87.5949
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 07:09 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 SE HOPKINS PARK / KANKAKEE COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 41.0374 / -87.5858
SURVEY SUMMARY:
PHOTOS AND REPORTS FROM STORM SPOTTERS INDICATE THAT A BRIEF
TORNADO OCCURRED IN A FIELD SOUTH OF E 6000S ROAD. NO KNOWN
DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY THIS TORNADO.
ST. JOHN - SCHERERVILLE
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 5.96 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 07:11 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 WSW ST. JOHN / LAKE COUNTY / IN
START LAT/LON: 41.4409 / -87.5183
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 07:22 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 ESE SCHERERVILLE / LAKE COUNTY / IN
END LAT/LON: 41.4743 / -87.4127
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO FORMED ROUGHLY AT THE INTERSECTION OF 98TH AVENUE AND
SHEFFIELD AVENUE AND THEN PROCEEDED TO TRACK NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH
ST. JOHN. MOST OF THE DAMAGE ALONG THE TRACK OF THE TORNADO WAS
CONFINED TO TREES, THOUGH SEVERAL STRUCTURES SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO
EXTERIOR WALLS AND ROOFING. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED NEAR ROHRMAN
PARK SHORTLY AFTER CROSSING INTO SCHERERVILLE.
PAXTON/LODA
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.88 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 100 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 07:23 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 NW PAXTON / FORD COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 40.4788 / -88.1263
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 07:30 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 E LODA / IROQUOIS COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 40.5043 / -88.0004
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO TRACKED EAST-NORTHEASTWARD BETWEEN PAXTON AND LODA,
DESTROYING A COUPLE OF OUTBUILDINGS, PEELING SHINGLES OFF OF A
HOUSE, BLOWING A COUPLE OF SEMI-TRAILERS OVER ON INTERSTATE 57,
AND DAMAGING A FEW TREES.
MERRILLVILLE - HOBART
RATING: EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 120 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.55 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 700 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 1
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 07:25 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 ESE GRIFFITH / LAKE COUNTY / IN
START LAT/LON: 41.5029 / -87.3819
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 07:37 PM CDT
END LOCATION: HOBART / LAKE COUNTY / IN
END LAT/LON: 41.5316 / -87.265
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO APPEARED TO TOUCH DOWN JUST WEST OF HENDRICKS STREET
AND MOVED EASTWARD THROUGH CENTRAL MERRILLVILLE. NUMEROUS HOMES
SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE ALONG W 64RD AVE, 61ST PL, 61ST AVE,
AND GRAND PL, INCLUDING REMOVAL OF WALLS AND ROOFING STRUCTURES.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED IN THIS REGION, AS WELL. THE
TORNADO CONTINUED EASTWARD ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF W 61ST AVENUE
AND MOVED OVER ANDREAN HIGH SCHOOL CAUSING SIGNIFICANT ROOFING
DAMAGE. THEREAFTER, THE TORNADO CROSSED INTERSTATE 65 AND THEN
MOVED OVER S LIVERPOOL ROAD, CAUSING CONTINUED DAMAGE TO TREES.
THE TORNADO THEN TRACKED INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN SIDE OF HOBART
BEFORE LIFTING JUST SOUTHWEST OF W 3RD STREET.
LUDLOW TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.01 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 07:26 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 ENE LUDLOW / CHAMPAIGN COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 40.3945 / -88.0808
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 07:29 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 5 SE PAXTON / FORD COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 40.4035 / -88.0254
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT A THIRD OF A MILE SOUTH OF THE
CHAMPAIGN AND FORD COUNTY LINE ALONG COUNTY ROAD 2000. IT PEELED
PART OF THE ROOF OFF AN OUTBUILDING AND DAMAGED SOLAR PANELS.
THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED INTO FORD COUNTY ABOUT A QUARTER MILE WEST OF
FORD COUNTY ROAD 2800E, CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE AT A FARMSTEAD.
HERE, THE MAIN RESIDENCE LOST PART OF ITS ROOF, AN OUTBUILDING WAS
NEARLY DESTROYED, AND A NUMBER OF TREES WERE SNAPPED. THE TORNADO
LIFTED A SHORT TIME LATER AFTER CROSSING 2280E.
CEDAR LAKE
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.08 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 07:32 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 SSW CEDAR LAKE / LAKE COUNTY / IN
START LAT/LON: 41.3445 / -87.4586
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 07:38 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 NNE LAKE DALECARLIA / LAKE COUNTY / IN
END LAT/LON: 41.3653 / -87.3866
SURVEY SUMMARY:
VIDEO FOOTAGE CAPTURED A TORNADO FORMING ALONG W 151ST AVENUE WEST
OF PARRISH AVENUE. IT TRACKED NORTHEAST INTO THE ADJACENT LYNNSWAY
SUBDIVISION ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF CEDAR LAKE WHERE IT CAUSED
ROOFING AND SIDING DAMAGE TO MULTIPLE HOUSES AND LOFTED TRASH CANS
AND OUTDOOR FURNITURE INTO THE AIR. THE TORNADO THEN TRACKED EAST-
NORTHEASTWARD FOR A FEW MILES THROUGH THE SOUTH SIDE OF CEDAR LAKE
PRIMARILY PRODUCING TREE DAMAGE BEFORE DISSIPATING NEAR THE
PHEASANT VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB.
SCHNEIDER - HEBRON
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 12.65 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 07:36 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 NE SCHNEIDER / LAKE COUNTY / IN
START LAT/LON: 41.2141 / -87.4111
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 07:58 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 SSE HEBRON / PORTER COUNTY / IN
END LAT/LON: 41.2972 / -87.1975
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO BEGAN NEAR COLFAX STREET NORTHEAST OF SCHNEIDER AND
CAUSED MAINLY TREE DAMAGE WHILE TRACKING NORTHEAST. THE TORNADO
APPEARS TO HAVE CROSSED I-65 NORTH OF E 205TH AVENUE. IT CONTINUED
INTO PORTER COUNTY BEFORE LIFTING JUST SOUTH OF HEBRON.
PORTAGE - OGDEN DUNES - BEVERLY SHORES
RATING: STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 07:40 PM CDT
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
SURVEY SUMMARY:
BASED ON AN NWS DAMAGE SURVEY AS WELL AS DATA FROM THE MIDWAY
TERMINAL DOPPLER RADAR, A CORRIDOR OF DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 80 MPH STARTED NEAR THE NORTHERN LAKE AND PORTER COUNTY LINES
ON THE NORTH SIDE OF PORTAGE AND CONTINUED NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE
SHORELINE OF LAKE MICHIGAN TOWARD BEVERLY SHORES. DAMAGE WITHIN
THE SWATH CONSISTED OF SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREES AND DOWNED POWER
LINES. SEVERAL STRUCTURES SUSTAINED DAMAGE FROM FALLEN TREES, AS WELL.
WATSEKA
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.14 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 250 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 07:45 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 SSW WATSEKA / IROQUOIS COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 40.7685 / -87.7354
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 07:47 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 E WATSEKA / IROQUOIS COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 40.7749 / -87.6955
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO TRACKED ACROSS THE SOUTH SIDE OF WATSEKA BEFORE
ENDING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF US ROUTE 24 AND IL STATE ROUTE 1.
DAMAGE ALONG THE PATH OF THE TORNADO WAS LARGELY CONFINED TO TREES.
KOUTS
RATING: EF3
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 165 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 22.47 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 450 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 07:48 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 5 WNW DE MOTTE / LAKE COUNTY / IN
START LAT/LON: 41.2422 / -87.2768
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 08:24 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 S SOUTH WANATAH / LA PORTE COUNTY / IN
END LAT/LON: 41.3841 / -86.9008
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A LONG-TRACK TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION
OF GRAND BOULEVARD AND CLAY STREET JUST EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 IN
RURAL LAKE COUNTY AND CONTINUED NORTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN PORTER
COUNTY JUST NORTH OF THE KANKAKEE RIVER. DAMAGE NEAR THE BEGINNING
OF THE PATH CONSISTED OF DOWNED AND UPROOTED TREES. THE TORNADO
APPEARED TO INCREASE IN SIZE AND INTENSITY AFTER CROSSING US
HIGHWAY 231, DAMAGING THE WALLS AND ROOFING OF SEVERAL HOMES NEAR
W 1000 S JUST NORTH OF BREYFOGEL DITCH.
AS THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEASTWARD, IT FURTHER STRENGTHENED
AND WIDENED. THE TORNADO REACHED ITS PEAK INTENSITY OF EF-3 FROM
JUST NORTH OF KOUTS TO JUST WEST OF THE PORTER AND LAPORTE COUNTY
LINE. IN THIS AREA, SEVERAL HOMES WERE DESTROYED AND TWO SEPARATE
SETS OF HIGH TENSION POWER TRUSSES WERE SHEARED APART AND
COLLAPSED. THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT SCOURING OF THE GROUND AND DAMAGE
TO CROPS IN THIS REGION, AS WELL. THE TORNADO BEGAN TO WEAKEN AS
IT CROSSED INTO LAPORTE COUNTY WHERE DRONE FOOTAGE CONTINUED TO
SHOW SWIRL MARKS IN FIELDS AS IT TRACKED NORTHEAST AND EVENTUALLY
TURNED TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST. THE TORNADO THEN DISSIPATED
AFTER DAMAGING TREES AND RESIDENCES ALONG S 1050 W ROAD.
PRAIRIE GREEN TOWNSHIP
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.24 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 07:48 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 ENE WELLINGTON / IROQUOIS COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 40.5598 / -87.6261
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 07:49 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 NE WELLINGTON / IROQUOIS COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 40.5708 / -87.6077
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO DESTROYED AN OUTBUILDING AT A FARMSTEAD ABOUT 3 MILES
NORTHEAST OF WELLINGTON. IT ALSO DOWNED A FEW POWER POLES AND LEFT
A CLEAR NARROW DAMAGE PATH THROUGH CROPS IN A FIELD TO THE EAST
OF N 2700 EAST ROAD AND NORTH OF E 500 NORTH ROAD BEFORE
DISSIPATING SHORTLY THEREAFTER.
BARTLETT
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.99 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 400 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 07:52 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 WSW BARTLETT / DUPAGE COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 41.9684 / -88.2341
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 07:57 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 ENE BARTLETT / DUPAGE COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 41.9814 / -88.1794
SURVEY SUMMARY:
EYEWITNESS REPORTS AND RADAR DATA INDICATE THAT A TORNADO BEGAN IN
PRATT'S WAYNE WOODS BEFORE QUICKLY INTENSIFYING AND TRACKING EAST-
NORTHEASTWARD INTO BARTLETT. THE TORNADO PRODUCED A CONCENTRATED
AREA OF EF-1 DAMAGE AT A SHOPPING CENTER AT THE INTERSECTION OF
SUTTON ROAD AND STEARNS ROAD WHERE ROOFING MATERIAL WAS PEELED OFF
OF BUILDINGS, BRICK COLUMNS AND METAL FENCING WERE BLOWN OUT AT A
GARDEN CENTER, AND ALL OF THE GAS PUMPS AT A GAS STATION WERE
BLOWN OVER. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO PRODUCE EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE
IN THE SUBDIVISIONS TO THE EAST OF THE SHOPPING CENTER BEFORE
DISSIPATING EAST OF BARTLETT ROAD.
BOSWELL - ATKINSON
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 12.30 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 250 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 07:58 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 SW BOSWELL / BENTON COUNTY / IN
START LAT/LON: 40.5022 / -87.4092
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 08:10 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 NNE OXFORD / BENTON COUNTY / IN
END LAT/LON: 40.5778 / -87.2059
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO BEGAN APPROXIMATELY ONE AND HALF MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BOSWELL INITIALLY DAMAGING AN OUTBUILDING AND PEELING ROOF
SHINGLES OFF OF A HOUSE AT A FARMSTEAD ON S 400 W ROAD. THE
TORNADO TRACKED EAST-NORTHEASTWARD AND BLEW DOWN A BARN AND POWER
LINES ALONG S 200 W ROAD BEFORE CURVING OFF MORE TOWARDS THE
NORTHEAST. IT THEN BLEW A PRESS BOX OFF OF THE BLEACHERS AT
DAUGHERTY SPEEDWAY AND INTO A NEARBY POWER POLE AND FIELD BEFORE
REACHING PEAK INTENSITY AS IT TRACKED INTO THE UNINCORPORATED
COMMUNITY OF CHASE. THERE, A GRAIN ELEVATOR AND MULTIPLE
ASSOCIATED GRAIN BINS WERE DESTROYED AND A COUPLE OF TREE TRUNKS
WERE SNAPPED. THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST
SNAPPING MULTIPLE ROWS OF POWER POLES FROM MERIDIAN ROAD TO S 200
E ROAD AND DOWNING ANOTHER SET OF POWER POLES IN THE
UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITY OF ATKINSON. AS THE TORNADO REACHED E
200 S AND S 600 E ROADS, IT DOWNED MORE POWER POLES, DOWNED A FEW
TREES, DAMAGED THE ROOF, CHIMNEY, AND GUTTER OF A HOUSE, AND BLEW
A CHICKEN COOP INTO A FIELD, KILLING 30 CHICKENS. THE TORNADO
LIKELY DISSIPATED SHORTLY AFTER CROSSING S 600 E ROAD.
ADE - MOUNT AYR
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 15.57 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 07:58 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 4 ENE IROQUOIS / NEWTON COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 40.8371 / -87.4956
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 08:12 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 E MOUNT AYR / JASPER COUNTY / IN
END LAT/LON: 40.9427 / -87.236
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO FORMED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF S 500 W AND W 1075 S
ROADS IN WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP. IT TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH
RURAL PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEWTON COUNTY FOR SEVERAL MILES BEFORE
ENDING NEAR CURTIS CREEK COUNTRY CLUB IN NEWTON TOWNSHIP IN
WESTERN JASPER COUNTY WEST OF RENSSELAER. ALONG THE PATH OF THE
TORNADO, MULTIPLE FARM OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED, TREES AND
POWER POLES WERE DOWNED, AND A GRAIN BIN WAS DESTROYED.
MOROCCO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 12.59 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 07:58 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 WSW MOROCCO / NEWTON COUNTY / IN
START LAT/LON: 40.9256 / -87.5081
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 08:10 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 6 NNW MOUNT AYR / NEWTON COUNTY / IN
END LAT/LON: 41.0422 / -87.3279
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR S 600 W ROAD JUST NORTH OF THE
INTERSECTION OF W 550 S ROAD BEFORE TRACKING NORTHEAST ACROSS
MAINLY OPEN FARMLAND IN WESTERN NEWTON COUNTY. THE TORNADO DAMAGED
A FARM OUTBUILDING ALONG WITH SEVERAL TREES NEAR S 550 W ROAD
CONSISTENT WITH 85 MPH WINDS. FROM THERE, THE TORNADO CONTINUED
NORTHEAST THROUGH THE TOWN OF MOROCCO WHERE A CORRIDOR OF TREE
DAMAGE OCCURRED INCLUDING NEAR THE TOWN PARK. AFTER EXITING
MOROCCO, THE TORNADO CROSSED US-41 BEFORE TURNING TO THE NORTHEAST
ACROSS OPEN FARMLAND WHERE DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO TREES AND
IRRIGATION PIVOTS. THE TORNADO APPEARED TO END JUST EAST OF THE
INTERSECTION OF E 300 N ROAD AND N 300 E ROAD. ADDITIONAL TREE
DAMAGE ACROSS THE BROADER MOROCCO AREA WAS CONSISTENT WITH
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
NAPERVILLE - LISLE
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.33 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 08:04 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 E NAPERVILLE / DUPAGE COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 41.7622 / -88.1216
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 08:06 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 SW LISLE / DUPAGE COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 41.7766 / -88.1051
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN EF-0 TORNADO WITH PEAK WINDS OF AROUND 80 MPH, A PATH LENGTH OF
AROUND 1.3 MILES, AND A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF AROUND 150 YARDS BEGAN
NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF GARTNER ROAD AND OLESEN DRIVE AND
CONTINUED NORTHEAST THROUGH THE HUNTINGTON HILLS AND OLESEN
ESTATES NEIGHBORHOODS OF NAPERVILLE. DAMAGE THROUGH BOTH
NEIGHBORHOODS WAS IN A VERY NARROW PATH OF AROUND 50 TO 75 YARDS
AND CONSISTED OF SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREES. THE TORNADO APPEARED
TO BROADEN IN WIDTH WHILE CROSSING NAPER BOULEVARD AND PASSING
OVER HUNTINGTON APARTMENTS, WHERE A ROUGHLY 150-YARD-WIDE SWATH OF
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED. THE TORNADO APPEARED TO LIFT JUST
WEST OF BENEDICTINE PARKWAY.
HICKORY HILLS - GARFIELD RIDGE
RATING: EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 120 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 8.35 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 350 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 6
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 08:15 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 SE WILLOW SPRINGS / COOK COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 41.719 / -87.8638
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 08:22 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1 N MIDWAY AIRPORT / COOK COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 41.799 / -87.7513
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN EF-2 TORNADO WITH PEAK WINDS OF AROUND 120 MPH, A PATH LENGTH
OF AROUND 8.4 MILES, AND A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 350 YARDS BEGAN IN THE
SPEARS-PIONEER WOODS FOREST PRESERVE NORTH OF 95TH ST. AND
CONTINUED NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN HICKORY HILLS WHERE TREE DAMAGE
AND LIGHT POLE DAMAGE OCCURRED. THE TORNADO STRENGTHENED IN
INTENSITY TO EF-2 LEVEL ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF JUSTICE WHERE TWO
APARTMENTS HAD ROOFS FULLY REMOVED NEAR 83RD ST. AND ROBERTS RD.
THE TORNADO MAINTAINED EF-2 STRENGTH INTO BRIDGEVIEW WHERE
ADDITIONAL ROOF DAMAGE WAS NOTED NEAR 79TH ST. AND OKETO AVE. THE
TORNADO THEN WEAKENED AS IT MOVED INTO THE CLEARING AND GARFIELD
RIDGE COMMUNITY AREAS OF CHICAGO WEST OF MIDWAY AIRPORT WHERE
TREE, SHINGLE, ROOF, AND SIDING DAMAGE OCCURRED. THE TORNADO
LIFTED NORTH OF MIDWAY AIRPORT AROUND 52ND ST. AND LEAMINGTON AVE.
AFTER PRODUCING ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE.
KOUTS SATELLITE
RATING: EFU
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: N/A
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.24 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 10 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 08:23 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 SSW SOUTH WANATAH / PORTER COUNTY / IN
START LAT/LON: 41.3658 / -86.9345
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 08:24 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 3 SSW SOUTH WANATAH / PORTER COUNTY / IN
END LAT/LON: 41.3679 / -86.9309
SURVEY SUMMARY:
BASED ON STORM CHASER AND STORM SPOTTER PHOTOS AND VIDEOS, A
TORNADO DEVELOPED TO THE WEST OF THE WEAKENING KOUTS TORNADO. THE
LOCATION IS ESTIMATED BASED ON TRIANGULATION OF THE AFOREMENTIONED
PHOTOS AND VIDEOS. WITH NO KNOWN DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE TORNADO, IT
HAS BEEN RATED AN EFU.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
NWS CHICAGO
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