Thunderstorm Wind — Lake, Illinois

2025-06-29 · near Libertyville, Lake, Illinois

Event narrative

A microburst impacted portions of Libertyville. A large tree fell onto a townhouse on Country Club Dr, rendering it uninhabitable, and power poles were downed near Liberty Lake. Tree damage was also noted in the same general area.

Wider weather episode

A series of largely sub-severe thunderstorms moved across northeastern and east-central Illinois during the afternoon and evening of the 29th. A few storms were stronger than the rest producing damaging winds and heavy rainfall, namely in Ford and Lake Counties.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (42.2624, -87.9436)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1275658. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.