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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1017 PM CDT SAT JUN 13 2026 /1117 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2026/
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 6/11/2026 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE #1
UPDATE
THIS UPDATED PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT INCLUDES 4 NEW TORNADO
CONFIRMATIONS IN THE NWS CHICAGO FORECAST AREA (LUDLOW, CEDAR
LAKE, SCHNEIDER - HEBRON, AND BOSWELL) AND NEW INFORMATION FOR 3
TORNADOES THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY CONFIRMED (GRAYMONT - DWIGHT, ST.
JOHN - SCHERERVILLE, AND MERRILLVILLE - HOBART).
OVERVIEW
BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF DAMAGE SURVEY FINDINGS IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS
AND NORTHWEST INDIANA FROM THE JUNE 11, 2026 SEVERE WEATHER EVENT.
THUS FAR, AT LEAST 11 TORNADOES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED IN THE NWS
CHICAGO FORECAST AREA FROM THIS EVENT, THOUGH THIS NUMBER IS LIKELY
TO INCREASE AS ADDITIONAL DAMAGE SURVEYS ARE CONDUCTED IN THE COMING
DAYS AND PHOTOS, VIDEOS, DRONE FOOTAGE, AND HIGH-RESOLUTION
SATELLITE IMAGERY IS THOROUGHLY REVIEWED. ALL OF THE INFORMATION
IN THIS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE.
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OSAGE TOWNSHIP
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.80 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 05:33 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 E WENONA / LA SALLE COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 41.0581 / -88.9837
END DATE: 06/11/2026
END TIME: 05:35 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 4 ENE WENONA / LA SALLE COUNTY / IL
END LAT/LON: 41.0616 / -88.9697
SURVEY SUMMARY:
TORNADO DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED IN RURAL SOUTHERN LASALLE COUNTY EAST
OF WENONA, BEGINNING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ILLINOIS-17 AND E
9TH RD IN OSAGE TOWNSHIP. THE TORNADO SNAPPED BOTH A LARGE
HARDWOOD TREE ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF THE WAY FROM THE TOP, AND ALSO A
WOODEN ELECTRICAL POLE. MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO A SINGLE FAMILY
RESIDENCE WAS ALSO NOTED. THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED ALONG IL-17,
DESTROYING MULTIPLE MACHINE SHEDS IN THE 900 BLOCK, WITH DEBRIS
STREWN NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD E 10TH RD. THE TORNADO QUICKLY LIFTED
THEREAFTER.
GRAYMONT - DWIGHT
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 33.63 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 900 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 05:35 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 3 ESE FLANAGAN / LIVINGSTON COUNTY / IL
START LAT/LON: 40.8533 / -88.8158
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:
THIS TORNADO BEGAN NEAR EAST 1600 NORTH ROAD JUST SOUTHWEST OF
GRAYMONT BEFORE TRACKING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
LIVINGSTON COUNTY. FOR MOST OF THE TORNADO'S LIFESPAN, IT REMAINED
AT EF-0 INTENSITY AND PRIMARILY CAUSED DAMAGE TO TREES. THIS
INCLUDED KNOCKING DOWN SOME LARGER LIMBS AS IT CROSSED I-55 AND
ENTERED THE TOWN OF ODELL. THE TORNADO ALSO MAY NOT HAVE BEEN
FULLY CONDENSED OR IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND FOR THE ENTIRE
LENGTH OF THE FIRST HALF OR SO OF ITS TRACK.
AFTER EXITING ODELL, THE TORNADO STRENGTHENED AS IT TRACKED
NORTHEASTWARD TO THE SOUTH OF DWIGHT AND APPROACHED THE
UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITY OF BLAIR, WHERE A COUPLE OF HOMESTEADS
SUSTAINED ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE AND A COUPLE OF BARNS WERE
DESTROYED. THE DAMAGE HERE WAS CONSISTENT WITH 105 MPH WINDS AND
CONSTITUTED THE EF-1 RATING. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED JUST NORTH OF
ILLINOIS STATE ROUTE 17 JUST WEST OF REDDICK. NO INJURIES OR
FATALITIES OCCURRED WITH THIS TORNADO.
ST. JOHN - SCHERERVILLE
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 5.46 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: 07:21 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 SE SCHERERVILLE / LAKE COUNTY / IN
END LAT/LON: 41.4707 / -87.4209
SURVEY SUMMARY:
TO BE ADDED LATER.
MERRILLVILLE - HOBART
RATING: EF2
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 120 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.45 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 700 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/11/2026
START TIME: 07:25 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 ESE GRIFFITH / LAKE COUNTY / IN
START LAT/LON: 41.5039 / -87.3825
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:
TO BE ADDED LATER.
LUDLOW
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:
THIS 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 SOME SOLAR
PANELS. IT CROSSED THE BORDER 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. IT
LIFTED A SHORT TIME LATER, AFTER CROSSING 2280E.
CEDAR LAKE
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.99 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: 41.3459 / -87.4575
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:
TO BE ADDED LATER.
SCHNEIDER - HEBRON
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 12.60 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:
TO BE ADDED LATER.
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.
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TORNADOES HAVE ALSO BEEN CONFIRMED IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS, BUT
THEIR EXACT TRACKS AND FULL ATTRIBUTES ARE STILL TO BE
DETERMINED:
- STREATOR, IL (PRELIMINARY EF-3)
- HEBRON TO KOUTS, IN (PRELIMINARY EF-3)
- BOSWELL, IN (PRELIMINARY EF-1)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THESE TORNADOES WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE
AT A LATER TIME.
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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