Tornado in La Salle County, Illinois

High resolution satellite imagery showed a tornado began near the intersection of N 7th Road and E 10th Road and moved east southeast causing damage to crops. The damage was most pronounced at the start of the tornado between E 10th Road and E 11th Road, where a clear and continuous damage path was evident in the crops. The tornado crossed into Livingston County just south of Prairie Creek. 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.