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EF0 tornado in Cook County, Illinois

Tornado July 15, 2024 · Cook County, Illinois

EF0

Rating

1.4 mi

Path length

150 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 150 yards (0.09 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tornado with estimated peak winds of 85 mph touched down near Sacramento Boulevard and Grand Avenue. Damage along the path of the tornado consisted of uprooted and snapped trees, tree limbs blown down, utility poles damaged and a few windows blown out of homes. Minor damage to roofs and siding also occurred. Photos shared on social media showed a large tree that was uprooted and fell onto the roof of car on Superior Street between Western Avenue and Rockwell Street. The tornado ended near Huron Street and Damen Avenue.

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 Ukrainian Village (41.8974, -87.7035).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1194339. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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