Thunderstorm Wind — Mchenry, Illinois

2025-06-26 · near Lake in the Hills, Mchenry, Illinois

Event narrative

Photos shared on social media showed half of a tree split and blown down, a deck awning partially collapsed, and small tree limbs blown down in Lake in the Hills. A tree was also reported down onto a car.

Wider weather episode

Among a cluster of mostly sub-severe thunderstorms, a few stronger cells managed to produce damaging winds and torrential rainfall as they moved across parts of Chicagoland on the evening of the 26th.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1275598. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.