Tornado in Livingston County, Illinois

High resolution satellite imagery showed a tornado which began in La Salle County and crossed into Livingston County just south of Prairie Creek. The only damage was to crops, which became more sporadic and subtle along the path in Livingston County. The last instance of crop damage appeared to occur just west of N 200 East Road and south of E 2800 North Road. Since the only known damage from this tornado was to crops, it was assigned the EF-U (unknown) rating.

Thunderstorms developed during the evening of July 14th and continued into the early morning of July 15th, as they moved across all of northern and central Illinois. Nine tornadoes occurred, along with widespread wind damage. In the City of Chicago, there were 2,810 tree emergency calls and 1,430 calls for tree debris. Localized flash flooding also occurred, for a second night in a row in the Rockford area.