EF2 tornado in Will County, Illinois

The tornado touched down south of W Bruns Road and east of S Kankakee Street. This tornado quickly intensified to EF-2 damaging five houses along Bruns Road rendering them uninhabitable by removing large sections of the roofs and leading to partial wall collapse. Four high tension power line towers were bent along S Schoolhouse Road. Two houses and a barn were heavily damaged on W Dralle Road where large portions of the roofs were ripped off. Several trees were snapped and uprooted as well. Another farm on S Scheer Road had roof damage consistent to EF-1 intensity. The last sign of damage occurred just south of Steger Road where large branches were blown down. Maximum winds were estimated to around 125 mph.

A major tornado outbreak impacted the Midwest and Ohio Valley on November 17th. A powerful low pressure system across the plains states steered warmth and moisture northward for nearly two days, with dew points rising into the mid 60's. This coupled with temperatures around 70 resulted in unseasonably strong instability for thunderstorms to develop. High wind shear and a cold front sweeping eastward made up the remaining ingredients of an environment favorable for supercells capable of long-lived significant tornadoes. Within the WFO LOT county warning area, ten tornadoes were confirmed, including three EF-2 tornadoes. As the event evolved, the system became linear with numerous reports of straight line wind damage. Behind the thunderstorms, a wake low developed with wind gusts to around 60 mph.