IROQUOIS COUNTY ESDA REPORT …..
Weather / Tornado Activity Summary from Saturday, June 5, 2010 >
Emergency sirens sounded and weather spotters were busy Saturday night, but Iroquois County escaped the ravage storm that hit Kankakee County, parts of Livingston and LaSalle counties. Tornados were confirmed by the National Weather Service (NWS) Sunday after damage assessment teams visited the affected areas.
Meteorologist Steven Rodriquez said unstable atmospheric conditions were monitored much of the evening with the rotating cells popping up in Putnam and LaSalle counties, moving to the east…. {6}
It appears another tornado touched down northwest of Dwight about 1 mile north of IL Route 17 along N 2300 E Road. There was minor tree damage at a home 1/4 mile north of the Railroad tracks…south of E 3300 N Road. Severe winds and a possible tornado derailed a train east of N 2400 E Road. The NWS said an additional survey team will be dispatched to take a closer look at this damage Monday.
The worst damage hit eastern Kankakee County when an apparent tornado split. Rural St. Anne and the Pembroke Township areas took the brunt of the storm…. {7}
Injuries appeared to be confined to a mobile home park where the twister touched down at Dwight. Reports of 35 trailers at Dwight Mobile Home Park were destroyed, causing 14 injuries. Dwight Fire Chief Darrin Schull relayed unconfirmed reports of five homes destroyed in Dwight and nearly 150 homes with some type of damage.
In St. Anne, two homes were completely destroyed, and two trailers were demolished in Pembroke Township near Hopkins Park, but no injuries were reported. Kankakee County ESDA assistant coordinator Dave Zinanni said “it’s amazing no one was seriously injured.” He said rescue personnel from local agencies conducted a welfare search until about 3 a.m. in Pembroke Township looking for casualties. Downed trees, power lines and washed out roads, made for difficult response operations.
St. Anne Fire Chief John Boomsma tells WGFA News it was quite obvious this was more than just a heavy T-storm…. { 11 }
Boomsma said ComEd crews were busy Sunday re-setting utility poles.
courtesy: www.iqesda.com
Special Thanks to the Iroquois-Kankakee Amateur Radio Club members for outstanding Weather Spotting reports.
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…EF-3 tornado confirmed in eastern Kankakee County…
Maximum tornado intensity: EF-3
estimated maximum winds: 140 mph
estimated maximum path width: 175 yards tornado path length: 7.8 miles tornado began: 10:18 PM CDT tornado lifted: 10:37 PM CDT
At around 10:18 PM CDT another tornado touched down approximately
3 miles northwest of St. Anne in Kankakee County. The tornado developed just west of Rd 6000e and tracked to the east where it produced damage to a home and a garage along this Road. At this location, a single family home collapsed upon itself leaving it uninhabitable with the garage sustaining damage to its roof and exterior walls. The tornado was rated EF-2 with winds estimated at around 110 mph and a path width of 50 yards.
The tornado continued to move to the east northeast where it increased in intensity as it encountered yet another family home at the intersection of Route 1 and Rd 4000s. This home and the garage/barn next to it sustained considerable damage also leaving the home uninhabitable. The damage to the home consisted of all the walls collapsing with all remaining debris from the house tossed to the northeast. The garage also had its walls collapse with the contents inside of it tossed to the east. Two four- wheelers and a four-door automobile inside the garage were lifted and flipped over as the tornado passed. Damage just to the north of this home along Route 1 consisted of minor structure damage to a couple of homes and several trees uprooted to the southeast…with all damage in this location laying in a convergent manner to the east. Damage at this location was rated
EF-3 with winds estimated at around 140 mph and a path width of
175 yards.
As this tornado continued it moved to the northeast and lost its intensity as it came across another residence at the intersection of Rd 4000s and Rd 8500e. Here…the house sustained partial damage to its roof with several surrounding trees having limbs sheared at the top. With the tornado weakening at this point, damage was rated EF-1 with winds estimated at around 100 mph and a path width of 50 yards.
The tornado moved to the northeast through a wooded area causing damage to many trees along its way. The more significant damage occurred near the intersection of Rd 13000e and gamble Rd in the Hopkins Park area where several healthy large Hardwood Tree Tops were sheared/broken. Some residences observed damage as these trees fell upon their homes. The tornado continued to weaken with damage rated EF-1 with winds estimate at around 90 mph and a path width of 50 yards. It was along Rd 13000e where the tornado appeared to lift with no other damage evident beyond this point.
…EF-2 tornado confirmed in Dwight…
Maximum tornado intensity: EF-2
estimated maximum winds: 125 mph
estimated maximum path width: 300 yards
tornado path length: ~14 miles
tornado began: 9:17 PM CDT
tornado lifted: 9:38 PM CDT
The beginning of the Dwight tornado occurred at around 9:17 PM CDT about 6 miles west of Dwight and about a quarter mile south of IL Route 17. On N 2100 E Rd 0.3 miles south of IL Route 17 a farm house sustained damage to windows, siding, and shingles with many tree branches nearby snapped off. The tornado at this point was rated EF-1, with a path width of 70 yards. Debris were spread 200 yards across the field at N 2300e Rd.
The tornado proceeded to strike The Golf Course at N 2400 E Rd where numerous large trees were snapped and uprooted. Golf cart sheds were unroofed or severely damaged. At this point the tornado was rated low end EF-2 with a path width of 300 yards. The tornado then moved east across I-55 and moved into Dwight, damaging a lumber yard. At Williams street and old Route 66 a Mobile Home Park was hit. Six people were injured, one seriously, and a dozen Mobile homes were destroyed, with several more significantly damaged. Damage here was rated EF-2. Large trees were uprooted and power poles were snapped at the Railroad tracks. At a Ball field a little farther east, trees and fences were damaged. Slightly farther east, there was minor damage to a church and the High School auditorium roof. A storage garage was destroyed at the High School.
The tornado than continued east into a subdivision between philmar street and Prospect Avenue where many large trees were downed on top of homes. At sunset drive and wilmac street a garage door and roof were taken off. A roof was taken off a house on Linden street a half block west of IL Route 47. Damage in Dwight was rated high end EF-1 to low end EF-2. The tornado dissipated in an open field east of Route 47. The tornado reformed along the north side of E 3100 N Rd between, N 3100 E Rd and N 3200 E Rd for one quarter of a mile, and was rated EF-0 here. There was additional minor damage to tree limbs and a metal farm outbuilding for 1/2 mile along the north side of E 3100 N Rd between N 3400 E Rd and N 3500 E Rd. The tornado here was rated EF-0 with a path width of 20 yards.
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…EF-3 tornado confirmed between Streator and Dwight…
Maximum tornado intensity: EF-3
estimated maximum winds: 140 mph
estimated maximum path width: 1/4 mile
tornado path length: ~10 miles
tornado began: approximately 9:03 PM
tornado lifted: approximately 9:16 PM
Very quickly after the tornado that hit Streator lifted…yet another tornado touched down over extreme northern Livingston County approximately one quarter mile south of the County line and about a half mile west of 1100 E. Shortly after touching down this tornado caused severe damage to homes on 1100 E and destroyed a barn as well. There were also several large trees downed in this location. As the tornado continued eastward it completely collapsed a metal truss high tension electrical tower and bent over several other metal truss electrical towers in its path…which is consistent with low end EF-3 damage.
At that time the tornado was moving through an extremely rural area…however there was also a lone Hardwood tree in its path that was apparently debarked with only large de-leafed branches remaining.
The tornado continued eastward crossing Illinois Route 170 just south of the LaSalle and Livingston County line where Hardwood trees were snapped. The tornado then moved eastward for several more miles Downing multiple trees and resulting in some structural damage between 1700 E and 1800 E.
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