Gusty winds are expected from portions of the Mid-Atlantic into the Northeast through the night following the system that brought rain to the area. An atmospheric river will move into the Northwest late today into Saturday bringing moderate to heavy rainfall, mountain snow, windy conditions, and high surf to the area over the weekend. Read More >
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Tornadoes
Preliminary Full Public Information Statement (Issued Tuesday Evening, February 28)
Tornado #1: Clarence EF-U
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Tornado #2: Joliet EF-0
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Tornado #3: Naperville EF-0
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Storm Reports and Photos
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| Photo of a tornado near Clarence, IL. Photo courtesy of Terri Maulding. | Photo of a funnel cloud near Brook, IN. Relayed via the Newton County Emergency Management Agency | Tornado damage in the Kendall Ridge subdivision of Joliet, IL. Photo courtesy of Andy Krein. | |
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| Tornado damage in the Kendall Ridge subdivision of Joliet, IL. Photo courtesy of Andy Krein. | Tornado damage in the Clublands subdivision of Joliet, IL. Photo from NWS damage survey. | Tornado damage in the Kendall Ridge subdivision of Joliet, IL. Photo from NWS damage survey. | |
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| Tornado damage in Naperville, IL. Photo courtesy of Joe Pudlik. | Wind damage south of Fowler, IN. Photo courtesy of the Benton County Emergency Management Agency. | ||
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1141 PM CST MON FEB 27 2023
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0915 AM TORNADO 2 SW CLARENCE 40.44N 88.00W
02/27/2023 FORD IL PUBLIC
TWO PUBLIC REPORTS OF A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
EAST OF PAXTON RELAYED BY BROADCAST MEDIA.
ONE REPORT INCLUDES PHOTOS AND VIDEOS OF THE
TORNADO, WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN ON THE GROUND
FOR SEVERAL MINUTES SOUTH OF THE VILLAGE OF
CLARENCE. LOCATION IS VERY APPROXIMATE, NO
DAMAGE YET REPORTED.
0942 AM TORNADO 4 NW SHOREWOOD 41.56N 88.26W
02/27/2023 KENDALL IL TRAINED SPOTTER
CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR KENDALL RIDGE BLVD
AND TOWNSEND BLVD IN JOLIET. TREE DAMAGE,
LARGE OBJECTS FLIPPED, FENCE BLOWN OUT AND
WINDOW BLOWN OUT.
0952 AM TORNADO 2 ESE WARRENVILLE 41.81N 88.14W
02/27/2023 DUPAGE IL NWS STORM SURVEY
THIS TORNADO OCCURRED IN THE CITY LIMITS OF
NAPERVILLE WITH ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS OF 80
MPH. BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR NAPERVILLE
NORTH HIGH SCHOOL AND TRACKED NORTH FOR
APPROXIMATELY 1.4 MILES. DAMAGE DONE TO
SEVERAL TREES.
1022 AM FUNNEL CLOUD 3 W BROOK 40.87N 87.42W
02/27/2023 NEWTON IN FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
VIDEO OF FUNNEL ABOUT HALF WAY TO THE GROUND
WEST OF BROOK RELAYED VIA EMERGENCY MANAGER.
1106 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 S FOWLER 40.58N 87.33W
02/27/2023 BENTON IN EMERGENCY MNGR
POTENTIAL TORNADO DAMAGE. OUTBUILDINGS WITH
ROOF DAMAGE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR
IMAGERY.
Rain Totals
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| Approximate precipitation totals from the night of February 26th through the evening of February 27th |
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1032 PM CST MON FEB 27 2023 /1132 PM EST MON FEB 27 2023/ ...RAINFALL OBSERVATIONS FROM MONDAY FEBRUARY 27... OBSERVATIONS ARE COLLECTED FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES WITH VARYING EQUIPMENT AND EXPOSURES. NOT ALL DATA LISTED ARE CONSIDERED OFFICIAL. LOCATION AMOUNT PROVIDER ------------------------------------------------ ...ILLINOIS... ...BOONE COUNTY... ROSCOE 1.03 IN CWOP POPLAR GROVE 0.69 IN CWOP ...COOK COUNTY... LA GRANGE 1.66 IN CWOP STREAMWOOD 1.46 IN CWOP BURR RIDGE 1.45 IN CWOP HICKORY HILLS 1.40 IN CWOP ROLLING MEADOWS 1.37 IN CWOP GLENVIEW 1.34 IN CWOP OAK PARK 1.31 IN CWOP HOFFMAN ESTATES 1.20 IN CWOP RIVERSIDE - DES PLAINES R. 1.20 IN HADS FRANKLIN PARK 1.19 IN CWOP 1 N NORRIDGE 1.15 IN CWOP 1 ESE WHEELING 1.10 IN AWS 1 ESE EVANSTON 1.08 IN AWS CHICAGO O''HARE 1.01 IN ASOS ROSEMONT 1.00 IN CWOP CHICAGO 0.99 IN CWOP HAZEL CREST 0.99 IN AWS HOFFMAN ESTATES 0.96 IN CWOP DES PLAINES 0.96 IN AWS CHICAGO 0.96 IN CWOP HARWOOD HEIGHTS 0.95 IN AWS WHEELING - CHICAGO EXEC. ARP 0.94 IN ASOS 1 W DES PLAINES 0.91 IN AWS WILMETTE 0.91 IN CWOP CHICAGO 0.89 IN CWOP LEMONT 0.88 IN AWS TINLEY PARK 0.87 IN CWOP CHICAGO MIDWAY 0.85 IN ASOS NORTHERLY ISLAND 0.81 IN AWS LEMONT 0.81 IN AWS 1 ESE SOUTH CHICAGO 0.73 IN AWS PHOENIX 0.73 IN AWS RIVER FOREST 0.72 IN AWS 2 NNE TINLEY PARK 0.72 IN AWS 1 WSW NORTHBROOK 0.69 IN URBANET SOUTH HOLLAND - LITTLE CALUM 0.68 IN HADS GLENWOOD 0.67 IN CWOP ORLAND PARK 0.66 IN CWOP HARVEY 0.64 IN AWS 1 SSE EAST HAZEL CREST 0.61 IN AWS 1 WNW LOGAN SQUARE 0.59 IN URBANET LA GRANGE 0.58 IN CWOP 1 SSE CHICAGO LOOP 0.56 IN URBANET LINCOLN PARK - CHICAGO 0.50 IN AWS ...DE KALB COUNTY... SANDWICH 1.08 IN AWS NIU AGRONOMY SHABONNA 5 NNE 0.95 IN HADS GENOA 0.84 IN CWOP SYCAMORE 0.79 IN AWS SYCAMORE 0.74 IN CWOP DEKALB AIRPORT 0.70 IN AWOS ...DUPAGE COUNTY... WARRENVILLE 1.32 IN CWOP ROSELLE 1.32 IN CWOP ITASCA 1.30 IN AWS 2 NNE CAROL STREAM 1.20 IN AWS WARRENVILLE 1.20 IN CWOP 1 WSW BLOOMINGDALE 1.18 IN AWS 1 NNW CAROL STREAM 1.17 IN AWS WEST CHICAGO 1.14 IN CWOP GLEN ELLYN 4S 1.12 IN COOP WHEATON 1.03 IN CWOP WARRENVILLE 1.03 IN CWOP 0.7 NW WOOD DALE 1.03 IN HADS 1 SSE CAROL STREAM 1.02 IN AWS 1 WSW WOODRIDGE 0.92 IN AWS BENSENVILLE 0.92 IN AWS NAPERVILLE 0.92 IN CWOP WARRENVILLE - W. BR. DUPAGE 0.92 IN HADS 2 S GLEN ELLYN 0.87 IN AWS WHEATON 0.87 IN CWOP WEST CHICAGO 0.86 IN CWOP WOODRIDGE 0.85 IN CWOP SALT CR. - ELMHURST 0.84 IN HADS 1 NNE GLENDALE HEIGHTS 0.84 IN AWS YORK CENTER 0.79 IN URBANET WOODRIDGE 0.74 IN CWOP WEST CHICAGO - DUPAGE ARPT. 0.72 IN ASOS WHEATON 0.70 IN CWOP NAPERVILLE 0.70 IN AWS WESTMONT 0.69 IN CWOP NAPERVILLE 0.67 IN UCOOP WEST CHICAGO 0.65 IN CWOP WHEATON 0.65 IN CWOP WOODRIDGE 0.65 IN ALERT LISLE 0.61 IN AWS NAPERVILLE 0.58 IN CWOP WHEATON 0.56 IN CWOP OAK BROOK - SALT CR. 0.56 IN HADS ...GRUNDY COUNTY... CHANNAHON 1.28 IN CWOP 4 NNW COAL CITY 0.90 IN CWOP MORRIS AIRPORT 0.82 IN AWOS MORRIS - ILLINOIS R. 0.67 IN HADS ...IROQUOIS COUNTY... MILFORD 0.84 IN CWOP WATSEKA 0.64 IN CWOP CHEBANSE 0.56 IN CWOP ...KANE COUNTY... HUNTLEY 1.41 IN CWOP CARPENTERSVILLE 1.30 IN CWOP ELGIN - TYLER CR. 1.14 IN HADS SAINT CHARLES 1.14 IN CWOP ELBURN 1.12 IN CWOP ELGIN 1.12 IN CWOP 3 WNW NORTH AURORA 1.05 IN AWS GENEVA 1.05 IN CWOP ST. CHARLES 1.04 IN CWOP 3 NNE CAMPTON HILLS 1.02 IN AWS GENEVA 1.02 IN CWOP 1.9 N ELGIN 0.99 IN ALERT ELBURN 0.99 IN CWOP AURORA 0.99 IN CWOP GENEVA 0.95 IN CWOP ST. CHARLES 0.92 IN AWS ELBURN 0.88 IN CWOP SUGAR GROVE - AURORA ARPT. 0.72 IN ASOS ...KANKAKEE COUNTY... REDDICK 0.81 IN CWOP UNION HILL 0.71 IN CWOP GRANT PARK 0.70 IN CWOP BONFIELD 0.69 IN CWOP 1 E KANKAKEE 0.61 IN AWS HERSCHER 0.52 IN AWS KANKAKEE AIRPORT 0.44 IN AWOS ...KENDALL COUNTY... OSWEGO 1.43 IN CWOP OSWEGO 1.02 IN CWOP OSWEGO 1.00 IN CWOP OSWEGO - WAUBONSEE CR. 0.76 IN HADS ...LA SALLE COUNTY... UTICA 0.69 IN CWOP PERU AIRPORT 0.63 IN AWOS STREATOR 0.58 IN CWOP ...LAKE COUNTY... 4 S HAINESVILLE 1.60 IN AWS BUFFALO GROVE 1.57 IN CWOP DEERFIELD 1.54 IN CWOP VERNON HILLS 1.49 IN CWOP BARRINGTON 1.46 IN CWOP ZION 1.45 IN CWOP HAWTHORN WOODS 1.39 IN CWOP LIBERTYVILLE 1.38 IN CWOP 1 NE THIRD LAKE 1.37 IN CWOP WAUKEGAN AIRPORT 1.32 IN ASOS LIBERTYVILLE 1.26 IN AWS LAKE ZURICH 1.20 IN CWOP 2 WNW MUNDELEIN 1.19 IN AWS GURNEE 1.17 IN CWOP 2 N FOX LAKE HILLS 1.07 IN AWS LAKE BLUFF 1.06 IN CWOP GRAYSLAKE 1.01 IN CWOP GURNEE - DES PLAINES R. 0.94 IN HADS DEERFIELD - W. FORK N. BR. C 0.90 IN HADS 1 E GURNEE 0.85 IN AWS DEERFIELD - N. BR. CHICAGO R 0.81 IN HADS LAKE FOREST 0.80 IN CWOP DEERFIELD 0.69 IN CWOP LAKE ZURICH 0.65 IN CWOP LAKE FOREST 0.56 IN CWOP ...LEE COUNTY... DIXON 0.94 IN CWOP DIXON - ROCK R. 0.83 IN HADS SUBLETTE 0.68 IN CWOP DIXON - ROCK R. 0.67 IN HADS ...LIVINGSTON COUNTY... DWIGHT 0.89 IN CWOP DWIGHT 0.76 IN CWOP PONTIAC - VERMILION R. 0.52 IN HADS PONTIAC AIRPORT 0.47 IN AWOS ...MCHENRY COUNTY... ALGONQUIN 1.67 IN CWOP LAKE IN THE HILLS 1.51 IN CWOP 3 ESE HARVARD 1.42 IN AWS JOHNSBURG 1.35 IN CWOP RICHMOND 1.28 IN CWOP WOODSTOCK 1.26 IN CWOP WOODSTOCK 1.26 IN CWOP CARY 1.20 IN CWOP WONDER LAKE 1.19 IN CWOP COAL CREEK CANYON 1.12 IN CWOP WOODSTOCK 1.12 IN CWOP WONDER LAKE - NIPPERSINK CR. 1.09 IN HADS UNION 1.08 IN AWS HUNTLEY 1.07 IN CWOP MCHENRY 0.90 IN CWOP ...OGLE COUNTY... MOUNT MORRIS 0.92 IN CWOP ROCHELLE AIRPORT 0.40 IN AWOS ...WILL COUNTY... JOLIET 1.92 IN CWOP PLAINFIELD 1.40 IN CWOP HOMER GLEN 1.25 IN CWOP NAPERVILLE 1.22 IN CWOP PLAINFIELD 1.19 IN CWOP SHOREWOOD - DUPAGE R. 1.12 IN HADS NEW LENOX 1.09 IN CWOP 2 NW PLAINFIELD 1.04 IN CWOP JOLIET AIRPORT 1.00 IN AWOS 1 NNW SHOREWOOD 1.00 IN AWS MIDEWIN RAWS 0.97 IN RAWS ROCKDALE - BRANDON LOCK AND 0.94 IN HADS 1 WSW CRYSTAL LAWNS 0.93 IN AWS 2.0 NW HOMER GLEN 0.92 IN HADS LOCKPORT - CHICAGO SHIP CANA 0.89 IN HADS PEOTONE 0.88 IN CWOP PLAINFIELD 0.88 IN CWOP 6 NNE BONFIELD 0.69 IN AWS FRANKFORT 0.67 IN CWOP NAPERVILLE - W. BR. DUPAGE R 0.66 IN HADS FRANKFORT 0.62 IN URBANET ...WINNEBAGO COUNTY... ROCKFORD AIRPORT 1.54 IN ASOS SOUTH BELOIT 1.35 IN CWOP SOUTH BELOIT 1.00 IN CWOP ROCKTON - ROCK R. 0.97 IN HADS ROSCOE 0.93 IN CWOP ROSCOE 0.80 IN CWOP ...INDIANA... ...JASPER COUNTY... 4 NW REMINGTON 0.78 IN AWS RENSSELAER AIRPORT 0.68 IN AWOS RENSSELAER - IROQUOIS R. 0.56 IN HADS ...LAKE COUNTY... HEBRON 1.04 IN CWOP CROWN POINT 0.91 IN CWOP HOBART 0.90 IN CWOP MUNSTER 0.75 IN CWOP 1 N HAMMOND 0.56 IN URBANET 1 NNW LAKE STATION 0.55 IN AWS MUNSTER 0.54 IN CWOP MUNSTER 0.52 IN URBANET ...NEWTON COUNTY... ROSELAWN 0.96 IN CWOP FORESMAN - IROQUOIS R. 0.86 IN HADS ...PORTER COUNTY... HEBRON 1.49 IN AWS KOUTS 1.38 IN CWOP VALPARAISO AIRPORT 1.35 IN ASOS VALPARAISO 1.12 IN COCORAHS 1 ESE VALPARAISO 1.12 IN AWS HEBRON 1 W 1.11 IN COCORAHS CHESTERTON 0.89 IN CWOP HEBRON 0.88 IN CWOP DUNE ACRES RAWS 0.80 IN RAWS PORTAGE 0.78 IN CWOP OGDEN DUNES 0.65 IN CWOP
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