515 PM CDT Updated information from survey teams: ...Two Brief Tornadoes Confirmed... The National Weather Service has now confirmed 2 EF-1 tornadoes occurred Monday evening. The first near Earlville Illinois, and the second in northeast Plainfield and northwest Romeoville Illinois. Both tornadoes were embedded within areas of widespread damaging winds. Preliminary damage survey results from Earlville released earlier this afternoon found no conclusive evidence of any tornadic damage, however aerial photos recieved from ABC 7 Chicago revealed a distinctive scarring pattern in corn crops visible from above that indicated there was a brief tornado touchdown west of Earlville tracking east-southeast into Earlville. So while much of the damage in Earlville was caused by straight line winds, thanks to the aerial photos, we are now able to confirm an EF-1 tornado briefly touched down on the southwest side of Earlville.
Posted on: Tue, 01 Jul 2014 22:22:27 +0000