EF0 Tornado — Kankakee, Illinois

2024-07-15 · near Deselm, Kankakee, Illinois

12.3 mi

Path length

275 yds

Path width

Event narrative

A tornado with estimated peak winds of 85 mph touched down in a field west of County Road N 2250 W and north of County Road W 7000 N. The tornado caused tree damage on a farm just after it touched down. The tornado produced sporadic tree damage, crossing Route 45 where a utility pole was blown down. It then crossed Interstate 57 and produced extensive tree damage across southern Manteno. Several homes had minor roof and fascia damage and several fences were damaged. The tornado continued moving east with several modular homes sustaining skirt and siding damage in a subdivision just west of Sycamore Road. Roofing material was torn off of two distribution warehouse buildings near Boudreau Road. The tornado then continued east along County Road E 9000 N damaging trees, power lines and farm outbuildings. The tornado ended in a field just west of Tower Creek.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1194340. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.