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NWUS53 KLOT 132237
LSRLOT
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
537 PM CDT THU AUG 13 2026
.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON
.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.
..REMARKS..
1055 AM TORNADO 1 ESE HOMEWOOD 41.55N 87.64W
08/11/2026 COOK IL NWS STORM SURVEY
AN EF-1 TORNADO BEGAN WEST OF HALSTED
BETWEEN 183RD AND 187TH, CROSSING HALSTED
AND CAUSING STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A STRIP
MALL AND SEVERAL BUILDINGS IN AN APARTMENT
COMPLEX. THE TORNADO THEN AFFECTED A
NEIGHBORHOOD EAST OF THE STRIP MALL, CAUSING
SUBSTANTIAL TREE DAMAGE AS WELL AS SOME ROOF
DAMAGE TO A HANDFUL OF HOMES. THE TORNADO
UPROOTED AND SNAPPED NUMEROUS TREES ACROSS A
CEMETERY OFF OF GLENWOOD THORNTON RD BEFORE
CONTINUING EAST THROUGH THE THORNTON-LANSING
ROAD NATURE PRESERVE. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED
JUST EAST OF 394 SOUTH OF THORNTON-LANSING
RD.
- IZZI
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