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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
525 PM CDT TUE MAR 24 2026 /625 PM EDT TUE MAR 24 2026/  
   
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 03/10/2026 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE #2
 
 
   
UPDATE
 
 
THIS PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT INCLUDES UPDATED FINDINGS ON 4  
TORNADOES THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONFIRMED AND NEW INFORMATION  
ON 6 ADDITIONAL TORNADOES THAT HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED FROM THE MARCH  
10, 2026 SEVERE WEATHER EVENT AFTER AN EXTENSIVE ANALYSIS OF VIDEO  
AND DRONE FOOTAGE, RADAR DATA, AND HIGH-RESOLUTION SATELLITE  
IMAGERY.  
 
   
OVERVIEW
 
 
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF TUESDAY, MARCH 10TH, A  
SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED A FAMILY OF TORNADOES ACROSS THE  
KANKAKEE RIVER VALLEY. BASED ON A COMBINATION OF IN-PERSON DAMAGE  
SURVEYS, STORM SPOTTER VIDEOS, RADAR DATA, DRONE FOOTAGE, AND  
HIGH-RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY, NWS CHICAGO HAS CONFIRMED A  
TOTAL OF 10 TORNADOES IN OUR AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY. TWO  
ADDITIONAL TORNADOES OCCURRED IN THE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR  
NWS NORTHERN INDIANA, BRINGING THE TOTAL PRODUCED BY THE SUPERCELL  
TO 12.  
 
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF OUR PARTNERS WHO ASSISTED US WITH  
OUR DAMAGE SURVEYS, INCLUDING THE KANKAKEE, NEWTON, AND JASPER  
COUNTY EMAS. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXTEND OUR GRATITUDE TO ALL OF  
THE STORM SPOTTERS, STORM CHASERS, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO  
PROVIDED PHOTOS AND VIDEOS OF THE TORNADOES AND DAMAGE THAT THEY  
CAUSED FOR OUR POST-STORM ANALYSIS.  
 
   
PONTIAC
 
 
RATING: EF0  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 75 MPH  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.07 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 175 YARDS  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: 0  
 
START DATE: 03/10/2026  
START TIME: 04:49 PM CDT  
START LOCATION: 2 NNE PONTIAC / LIVINGSTON COUNTY / IL  
START LAT/LON: 40.9019 / -88.6304  
 
END DATE: 03/10/2026  
END TIME: 04:51 PM CDT  
END LOCATION: 2 NNE PONTIAC / LIVINGSTON COUNTY / IL  
END LAT/LON: 40.9063 / -88.6129  
 
SURVEY SUMMARY:  
BASED ON VIDEO EVIDENCE, A BRIEF TORNADO OCCURRED JUST NORTH OF  
PONTIAC. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHARED BY A PROPERTY OWNER SHOWED A  
CLEAR CIRCULATION WITH MULTIPLE SUB-VORTICES ON A QUARRY LAKE  
JUST WEST OF 1600 EAST ROAD, NORTH OF OLD US-66. THE TORNADO WAS  
OBSERVED IN STORM CHASER VIDEOS CROSSING OLD US-66 JUST SOUTH OF  
NORTH CREEK. DAMAGE ALONG THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDED THE  
REMOVAL OF A ROOF TO A BOAT HOUSE AND DAMAGE TO A DOCK, GARAGE,  
AND FENCE. THE MAXIMUM WIDTH OF THE TORNADO WAS ESTIMATED FROM  
THE AFOREMENTIONED SURVEILLANCE AND STORM CHASER VIDEOS.  
 
   
CAYUGA
 
 
RATING: EFU  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: N/A  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.25 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 10 YARDS  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: 0  
 
START DATE: 03/10/2026  
START TIME: 04:57 PM CDT  
START LOCATION: 5 SSW ODELL / LIVINGSTON COUNTY / IL  
START LAT/LON: 40.9408 / -88.5665  
 
END DATE: 03/10/2026  
END TIME: 04:58 PM CDT  
END LOCATION: 4 SSW ODELL / LIVINGSTON COUNTY / IL  
END LAT/LON: 40.9436 / -88.5634  
 
SURVEY SUMMARY:  
A LIVINGSTON COUNTY DEPUTY REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO NEAR  
2200 NORTH ROAD AND OLD US-66 EAST OF THE COMMUNITY OF CAYUGA.  
THE TIME AND LOCATION OF THE REPORT WAS CONSISTENT WITH ROTATION  
INDICATED BY RADAR. THERE IS NO KNOWN DAMAGE THAT WAS CAUSED BY  
THE TORNADO.  
 
   
KANKAKEE TOWNSHIP
 
 
RATING: EFU  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: N/A  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.55 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 10 YARDS  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: 0  
 
START DATE: 03/10/2026  
START TIME: 06:18 PM CDT  
START LOCATION: 3 SSW KANKAKEE / KANKAKEE COUNTY / IL  
START LAT/LON: 41.0821 / -87.8905  
 
END DATE: 03/10/2026  
END TIME: 06:19 PM CDT  
END LOCATION: 2 SSW KANKAKEE / KANKAKEE COUNTY / IL  
END LAT/LON: 41.0873 / -87.8827  
 
SURVEY SUMMARY:  
TWO SEPARATE STORM CHASER VIDEOS SHOWED A BRIEF TORNADO OCCURRING  
IN A FIELD NEAR KENSINGTON AVENUE AND S 1000W ROAD IN KANKAKEE  
TOWNSHIP. SWIRL PATTERNS IDENTIFIED IN A FIELD FROM GRAY SKY  
SATELLITE IMAGERY WERE USED TO IDENTIFY THE START AND END  
LOCATIONS OF THE TORNADO. THERE IS NO KNOWN DAMAGE THAT WAS  
CAUSED BY THE TORNADO.  
 
   
OTTO TOWNSHIP
 
 
RATING: EFU  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: N/A  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.51 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 60 YARDS  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: 0  
 
START DATE: 03/10/2026  
START TIME: 06:19 PM CDT  
START LOCATION: 4 SSW KANKAKEE / KANKAKEE COUNTY / IL  
START LAT/LON: 41.0728 / -87.9063  
 
END DATE: 03/10/2026  
END TIME: 06:20 PM CDT  
END LOCATION: 3 SSW KANKAKEE / KANKAKEE COUNTY / IL  
END LAT/LON: 41.0727 / -87.897  
 
SURVEY SUMMARY:  
THREE SEPARATE STORM CHASER VIDEOS SHOWED A BRIEF TORNADO  
OCCURRING IN A FIELD NORTH OF W 3500S ROAD AND EAST OF ILLINOIS  
STATE ROUTE 115. SWIRL PATTERNS NOTED IN A FIELD FROM GRAY SKY  
SATELLITE IMAGERY WERE USED TO IDENTIFY THE START AND END  
LOCATIONS OF THE TORNADO. THERE IS NO KNOWN DAMAGE THAT WAS  
CAUSED BY THE TORNADO.  
 
   
KANKAKEE - ROSELAWN
 
 
RATING: EF3  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 160 MPH  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 35.62 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 1550 YARDS  
FATALITIES: 3  
INJURIES: 11  
 
START DATE: 03/10/2026  
START TIME: 06:21 PM CDT  
START LOCATION: 3 SSW KANKAKEE / KANKAKEE COUNTY / IL  
START LAT/LON: 41.0779 / -87.8856  
 
END DATE: 03/10/2026  
END TIME: 07:39 PM CDT  
END LOCATION: 3 W DE MOTTE / JASPER COUNTY / IN  
END LAT/LON: 41.1992 / -87.2562  
 
SURVEY SUMMARY:  
THIS TORNADO BEGAN JUST NORTH OF W 3000S ROAD SOUTHWEST OF  
KANKAKEE, IL, ABOUT ONE MILE EAST OF STATE ROUTE 115. THE TORNADO  
INTENSIFIED WHILE TRAVELING EAST-NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE FAR  
SOUTHERN SECTION OF THE CITY OF KANKAKEE IN THE VICINITY OF ROUTE  
45, WHERE CONCENTRATED HIGHER END EF-1 TREE DAMAGE AND STRUCTURAL  
DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. THE TORNADO INTENSIFIED WHILE MOVING ACROSS E  
2500S ROAD, DESTROYING A TWO-STORY HOME AND SEVERAL METAL FARM  
BUILDINGS, CONSISTENT WITH EF-3 CALIBER WIND SPEEDS. CONCENTRATED  
EXTREME TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED, WITH NUMEROUS LARGE HARDWOOD TREES  
SNAPPED, STUBBED, OR UPROOTED DESPITE LACKING LEAVES, LIKELY DUE  
TO EXTENSIVE DEBRIS LOFTING IN THE AREA.  
 
AFTER CROSSING I-57 AND THE KANKAKEE RIVER, THE TORNADO RAPIDLY  
INCREASED IN SIZE, PRODUCING A SWATH OF SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IN AND  
NEAR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF AROMA PARK. IN THIS AREA, MULTIPLE HOMES  
WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED TO AN ESTIMATED EF-2 INTENSITY. THE TORNADO'S  
PEAK WIDTH OCCURRED HERE AND WAS ESTIMATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY  
1550 YARDS. GROUND SURVEY AND AERIAL IMAGERY SUGGESTS THAT THE  
TORNADO FURTHER INTENSIFIED AS IT TRACKED EAST-SOUTHEAST BEFORE  
CROSSING THE KANKAKEE RIVER AGAIN. WITHIN A NARROW 150-200 YARD  
WIDE SECTION ALONG S. SANDBAR ROAD TO THE NORTHEAST OF AROMA PARK,  
THREE HOMES WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED, CONSISTENT WITH EF-3  
CALIBER WINDS, AND MULTIPLE OTHERS WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED AND  
RENDERED UNINHABITABLE. A HEAVY PICKUP TRUCK PARKED IN FRONT OF  
THE GARAGE OF ONE OF THE DESTROYED HOMES WAS MOVED OVER 100 FEET  
INTO A DITCH NEXT TO THE DRIVEWAY, POSSIBLY BEING SPUN AROUND THE  
REMNANTS OF A SMALL TREE BEFORE REACHING THE DITCH. IN ADDITION,  
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SANDBAR ROAD, A CROSSOVER TYPE SUV APPEARED  
TO HAVE BEEN ROLLED ONTO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY AND DEPOSITED ONTO  
A PILE OF DEBRIS JUST NORTH OF A HEAVILY DAMAGED RESIDENCE. ALONG  
THE SWATH OF THE MOST INTENSE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, CONCENTRATED  
EXTREME TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED, WITH NUMEROUS LARGE HARDWOOD TREES  
SNAPPED, STUBBED, OR UPROOTED DESPITE LACKING LEAVES, LIKELY OWING  
TO EXTENSIVE FLYING DEBRIS. ALONG SANDBAR ROAD AND THROUGH THE  
KANKAKEE ELKS GOLF COURSE, THE TORNADO S WIDTH WAS ESTIMATED AT  
NEAR 1500 YARDS. THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED GENERALLY EAST TO  
EAST-NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE INDIANA STATE LINE, DOWNING NUMEROUS  
ADDITIONAL TREES, CAUSING OCCASIONAL STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, AND  
FLIPPING IRRIGATION PIVOTS AS IT MOVED JUST NORTH OF THE  
COMMUNITIES OF WICHERT AND HOPKINS PARK.  
 
WHILE CROSSING INTO NEWTON COUNTY BETWEEN W 800 N ROAD AND W 900  
N ROAD NEAR N 650 W ROAD, THE TORNADO DESTROYED MULTIPLE  
OUTBUILDINGS AND SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED MULTIPLE HOMES. ON N 600 W  
ROAD, MULTIPLE HOMES WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED WITH DEBRIS BLOWN  
CLEAR OF THE FOUNDATIONS, CONSISTENT WITH EF-3 CALIBER WINDS.  
NEARBY FORESTED AREAS HAD ALMOST ALL TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED  
WITH SOME TREES REMAINING STANDING WITH ONLY STUBS OF A FEW LARGE  
BRANCHES REMAINING, LIKELY DUE TO EXTENSIVE LIFTED DEBRIS.  
MULTIPLE HOMES WERE DAMAGED, AND A FARM OUTBUILDING WAS DESTROYED  
ALONG N 500 W ROAD AND ALONG AND NEAR N 400 W ROAD.  
 
AS THE TORNADO CROSSED US-41 INTO THE SOUTH SIDE OF LAKE VILLAGE,  
IT WIDENED TO APPROXIMATELY 1100 YARDS WHILE DAMAGING THE ROOF  
AND CANOPY OF A GAS STATION AND A NEARBY RETAIL BUILDING. FURTHER  
NORTH ALONG N 300 W ROAD, MULTIPLE BLOCKS OF HOMES HAD SIGNIFICANT  
ROOF DAMAGE AND ALMOST ALL TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED. THE  
TORNADO CONTINUED EASTWARD INTO A WOODED AREA NEAR THE LUGENE  
LINKS GOLF COURSE, WHERE A CONTINUOUS CORRIDOR OF TREES WAS  
ENTIRELY UPROOTED. AS THE TORNADO NEARED W 950 N ROAD AND N 150 W  
ROAD, A FEW HOMES WERE DAMAGED, AND A FARM OUTBUILDING WAS  
COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO PRODUCE DAMAGE TO  
TREES AND OUTBUILDINGS AS IT TRAVELED NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH MAINLY  
RURAL PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEWTON COUNTY AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF  
ROSELAWN.  
 
THE TORNADO CROSSED INTO FAR NORTHWESTERN JASPER COUNTY BETWEEN W  
1100 N ROAD AND W 1200 N ROAD. ALONG N 1200 W ROAD JUST EAST OF  
I-65, A CONTINUOUS CORRIDOR OF TREES WAS ENTIRELY UPROOTED, A FEW  
OUTBUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED, AND THE ROOF WAS REMOVED FROM A HOUSE.  
IN THE COMMUNITY OF FOREST CITY, A CONTINUOUS CORRIDOR OF TREES  
WAS UPROOTED, AND A FEW RESIDENCES HAD SHINGLES REMOVED. THE  
TORNADO DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY AS IT MOVED NORTHEAST TOWARD N  
1100 W ROAD, AND THEN DISSIPATED JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF  
N 1100 W ROAD AND W 1300 N ROAD.  
 
   
SUN RIVER TERRACE 1
 
 
RATING: EF1  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.31 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: 0  
 
START DATE: 03/10/2026  
START TIME: 06:33 PM CDT  
START LOCATION: 2 SW SUN RIVER TERRACE / KANKAKEE COUNTY / IL  
START LAT/LON: 41.1121 / -87.7651  
 
END DATE: 03/10/2026  
END TIME: 06:38 PM CDT  
END LOCATION: 2 NE AROMA PARK / KANKAKEE COUNTY / IL  
END LAT/LON: 41.1003 / -87.7676  
 
SURVEY SUMMARY:  
HIGH-RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY, STORM CHASER VIDEO, AND RADAR  
DATA ALL DEPICTED A GENERALLY SOUTHWARD-MOVING SATELLITE TORNADO.  
STORM CHASER VIDEO LOOKING SOUTHEAST FROM IL-17 CAPTURED THE  
DEVELOPMENT OF THE TORNADO, WHICH INITIALLY MOVED SOUTHWESTWARD  
FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS BEFORE BECOMING OBSCURED BY RAIN. CLEAR  
SWIRL MARKS (INCLUDING SEVERAL LOOPS) WERE EVIDENT IN A FIELD  
NORTH OF S. SANDBAR ROAD IN GRAY SKY SATELLITE IMAGERY NEAR THE  
START OF THE TORNADO. AS THE TORNADO CONTINUED SOUTHWARD, IT  
UPROOTED A GROVE OF TREES IN THE VICINITY OF S. SANDBAR ROAD,  
CONSISTENT WITH WIND SPEEDS NEAR 90 MPH. SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE WAS  
NOTED IN HIGH-RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY SOUTH OF THE KANKAKEE  
RIVER, JUST TO THE EAST OF A SUBDIVISION ON BITTERSWEET DRIVE,  
BEFORE THE TORNADO DISSIPATED.  
 
   
SUN RIVER TERRACE 2
 
 
RATING: EFU  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: N/A  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.09 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 20 YARDS  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: 0  
 
START DATE: 03/10/2026  
START TIME: 06:36 PM CDT  
START LOCATION: 1 SSE SUN RIVER TERRACE / KANKAKEE COUNTY / IL  
START LAT/LON: 41.1115 / -87.7313  
 
END DATE: 03/10/2026  
END TIME: 06:37 PM CDT  
END LOCATION: 1 SSE SUN RIVER TERRACE / KANKAKEE COUNTY / IL  
END LAT/LON: 41.1124 / -87.7301  
 
SURVEY SUMMARY:  
VIDEO SHARED ON SOCIAL MEDIA TAKEN ON S 8250E ROAD APPROXIMATELY  
THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE SOUTH OF IL-17 SHOWED A GROUND  
CIRCULATION OCCURRING IN A FIELD TO THE WEST, COINCIDENT WITH A  
BRIEF CIRCULATION NOTED IN RADAR IMAGERY. SWIRL PATTERNS WERE  
ALSO IDENTIFIED IN GRAY SKY SATELLITE IMAGERY WHERE THE TORNADO  
WAS OBSERVED. THERE IS NO KNOWN DAMAGE THAT WAS CAUSED BY THE  
TORNADO.  
 
   
GANEER TOWNSHIP
 
 
RATING: EFU  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: N/A  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.15 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 0 YARDS  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: 0  
 
START DATE: 03/10/2026  
START TIME: 06:43 PM CDT  
START LOCATION: 3 ESE SUN RIVER TERRACE / KANKAKEE COUNTY / IL  
START LAT/LON: 41.1085 / -87.6693  
 
END DATE: 03/10/2026  
END TIME: 06:44 PM CDT  
END LOCATION: 3 ESE SUN RIVER TERRACE / KANKAKEE COUNTY / IL  
END LAT/LON: 41.1106 / -87.6685  
 
SURVEY SUMMARY:  
VIDEO TAKEN FROM S 13000E ROAD SOUTH OF E 1000S ROAD LOOKING WEST  
SHOWED A BRIEF ANTICYCLONIC TORNADO OCCURRING IN A FIELD. VIDEO  
TIME STAMP AND LOCATION MATCHES AN AREA OF ANTICYCLONIC ROTATION  
SEEN ON RADAR IMAGERY. THERE IS NO KNOWN DAMAGE THAT WAS CAUSED  
BY THE TORNADO.  
 
   
HOPKINS PARK
 
 
RATING: EFU  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: N/A  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.76 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 80 YARDS  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: 0  
 
START DATE: 03/10/2026  
START TIME: 06:51 PM CDT  
START LOCATION: 3 N HOPKINS PARK / KANKAKEE COUNTY / IL  
START LAT/LON: 41.1178 / -87.6203  
 
END DATE: 03/10/2026  
END TIME: 06:55 PM CDT  
END LOCATION: 3 NNW HOPKINS PARK / KANKAKEE COUNTY / IL  
END LAT/LON: 41.1162 / -87.6222  
 
SURVEY SUMMARY:  
HIGH-RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY DEPICTED SWIRL MARKS ACROSS  
MULTIPLE FIELDS IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF BASELINE, S 13000E,  
AND N 13500E ROADS IN A COUNTER-CLOCKWISE LOOPING PATH. BASED ON  
RADAR IMAGERY AND SWIRL PATTERNS, THE TORNADO APPEARED TO BE AN  
ANTICYCLONIC TORNADO THAT INITIALLY MOVED NORTH, STALLED, AND  
THEN TURNED SOUTHWARD BEFORE ENDING JUST NORTH OF A RESIDENCE ON  
S 13000 E ROAD, LESS THAN 300 YARDS SOUTHWEST OF THE START  
LOCATION. THERE IS NO KNOWN DAMAGE THAT WAS CAUSED BY THE  
TORNADO.  
 
   
WHEATFIELD
 
 
RATING: EF1  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 110 MPH  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 10.46 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 900 YARDS  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: 3  
 
START DATE: 03/10/2026  
START TIME: 07:43 PM CDT  
START LOCATION: 4 SW WHEATFIELD / JASPER COUNTY / IN  
START LAT/LON: 41.1559 / -87.1182  
 
END DATE: 03/10/2026  
END TIME: 08:06 PM CDT  
END LOCATION: 2 WNW SAN PIERRE / JASPER COUNTY / IN  
END LAT/LON: 41.2106 / -86.9333  
 
SURVEY SUMMARY:  
THIS TORNADO BEGAN IN JASPER COUNTY ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF  
STOUTSBURG ALONG CR W 1000 N, WHERE THERE WAS DAMAGE NOTED TO A  
SOLAR PANEL FIELD AND POWER POLES. THE TORNADO MOVED EAST-  
NORTHEAST, CAUSING DAMAGE TO A FARMSTEAD ON CR N 200 W. THE MOST  
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE FROM THIS TORNADO WAS NOTED JUST SOUTH OF  
WHEATFIELD ON THE 0-100 BLOCK OF CR W 1100 N AND ON THE  
1100 BLOCK OF STATE ROUTE 49, WHERE NUMEROUS HOMES SUSTAINED  
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE AND NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER POLES WERE  
DOWNED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO DAMAGE SOLAR PANEL FIELDS,  
TREES, POWER POLES, AND FARMSTEADS AS IT MOVED TOWARD THE STARKE  
COUNTY LINE, PASSING THROUGH THE UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITY OF  
TEFFT. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED BEFORE REACHING STARKE COUNTY ON  
THE 500 BLOCK OF CR E 1350 N.  
 

 
 
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.  
 

 
 
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