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Thunderstorm Wind July 15, 2024 · Lee County, Illinois

58 mph
Estimated gust (50 kt)

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A large tree limb was blown down.

The wider storm

A derecho moved across northern Illinois during the evening of July 15th producing widespread wind damage and 30 tornadoes in northeast Illinois. One of these tornadoes crossed into northwest Indiana. At the height of the storms, 430,000 customers lost power with some power not restored for four days, on July 19th.

Began near Lee (41.8000, -88.9500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

26 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF2 Grundy CountyEF1 Kane CountyEF1 Kendall CountyEF1 Kendall CountyEF1 Cook CountyEF1 Cook CountyEF1 Cook CountyEF1 Cook CountyEF1 Kankakee CountyEF1 Will CountyEF0 Livingston CountyEF0 Winnebago CountyEF0 Ogle CountyEF0 Ogle CountyEF0 Ogle CountyEF0 Kane CountyEF0 Will CountyEF0 Du Page CountyEF0 Du Page CountyEF0 Du Page CountyEF0 Cook CountyEF0 Cook CountyEF0 Cook CountyEF0 Kankakee CountyEF0 Will CountyEFU De Kalb County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1192537. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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