Tornadoes, dangerous straight-line winds, and other hazards have hit Chicago for a second night in a row on Monday. National Weather Service has reported that there might be 10 simultaneous tornadoes that hit Chicago during the evening.
Around 10 p.m., a large tornado was reported on the ground at O’Hare International Airport at O’Hare International Airport and moving eastward, according to the National Weather Service. Another tornado was also spotted in Crestwood.
A possible tornado was also spotted on the ground near Midway International Airport. Another believed tornado was also confirmed in Will County, and another was believed to be headed near O’Hare International Airport.
Twin tornadoes were also spotted in Sugar Grove and the other in Oswego. The Sugar Grove tornado was moving toward Aurora, Warrenville, and Naperville, and the Oswego tornado for Plainfield and Romeoville.
Winds with a high velocity of 72 to 82 mph were also detected in the gray area.
National Weather Service staff had a lot of tornado warnings and were struggling with too many circulations to track. Around 9 p.m., the staff themselves had to seek shelter in their offices in Romeoville. A tornado warning was issued until 10 p.m. for the entirety of the city of Chicago and Cook County and was allowed to expire thereafter. This followed tornado warnings throughout other Illinois counties.
Each county in the CBS Chicago viewing area was under a tornado warning at some point Monday night. This is an exceeding, dangerous, and rare phenomenon. Thunderstorm warnings were also on the hike throughout the evening. A tornado watch was also issued which was called off at 11 p.m.
Effects Of Tornado In Chicago
A person was killed when a tree fell during the severe weather conditions. The tree fell on their house in Cedar Lake, Indiana, as powerful storms barreled through the Chicagoland area on Monday night. An announcement was made by Sgt. Glen Fifield of the Indiana State Police after the horrible weather conditions ended. The age and identity of the person was not disclosed at that time.
Earlier in the day, the area was issued with severe weather condition warnings at a moderate risk of 4 out of 5. This signaled the expectation of widespread, long-lived severe storms throughout the region – which the area saw as storms took several hours to wind down.
Damage reports mounted following the powerful storm system. Chicago witnessed everything from the falling down of huge trees to a power cut on a large scale. Tens of thousands of ComEd customers across Northern Illinois lost power as a result of the storms. As of 11:10 p.m., more than 303,000 customers were without power.
The residents were requested to stay prepared for weather-related hazards like damaging winds, tornadoes, flooding, and hail. The primary threat, however, was damaging straight-line winds that were forecast to reach speeds of 70-80 mph. A series of strong winda was projected from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.
However, today promises a significant respite from the severe conditions, with partly cloudy skies and temperatures rising to the mid-80s. Calming weather is expected towards the weekend. Forecasts indicate a sunny and pleasant weekend ahead, with highs in the lower 80s.
