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Tornado Outbreak Hits Illinois: Fourth Twister Confirmed
13 Aug
Summary
- A fourth tornado, an EF-0, touched down in Oswego, Illinois.
- Three other tornadoes, all EF-1, struck Chicago's south suburbs.
- Cleanup continues with hundreds of thousands still without power.
Severe weather recently swept through Illinois and Indiana, resulting in the confirmation of a fourth tornado by the National Weather Service. This latest twister, an EF-0 with winds between 65 and 85 mph, touched down in Oswego, Illinois, around 10:15 a.m. during an early morning warning.
The National Weather Service is continuing its damage surveys in Illinois and Indiana, with at least three other tornadoes previously confirmed in the immediate aftermath of the storms. These included two EF-1 tornadoes with winds ranging from 86 to 110 mph, one in eastern Will County near Monee and Crete, and another in southern Cook County near Oak Forest and Flossmoor. A third EF-1 tornado was identified in northeast Will County, affecting areas like Mokena.
Cleanup operations were underway Wednesday, with a significant number of residents, numbering in the hundreds of thousands, still experiencing power outages as a result of the intense storm system.
