EF0 tornado in Will County, Illinois

A tornado with estimated peak winds of 85 mph touched down near the intersection of Drecksler Road and Kennedy Road where numerous large tree limbs were blown down. The tops of approximately 20 trees were sheared off about a quarter mile south of Kennedy Road. The tornado tracked nearly due east along Kennedy Road producing tree damage until it crossed Egyptian Trail where it turned to the northeast. A collapsed outbuilding and broken windows were observed to two homes near Egyptian Trail. The tornado continued producing tree damage and caused significant roof damage to a house on Will Center Road. The tornado began moving to the east near Crawford Avenue and Corning Road, producing significant tree damage in this area. Shingles were blown off a roof and a chicken coop was destroyed along Corning Road, just west of Western Avenue. The tornado then ended east of Western Avenue.

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.