Chicago Tornadoes

Several other areas sustained straight-line wind damage, with gusts in excess of 70 miles per hour

Video shows the roof torn off a church and fallen trees after severe thunderstorms in Elgin.

Over 102,000 ComEd customers remain without power Monday evening on the heels of a tornado outbreak across the Chicago area, with the National Weather Service reporting 17 confirmed tornadoes in northern Illinois and northwest Indiana on July 14-15.

The National Weather Service is continuing their work in determining how many tornadoes hit the Chicago area on Monday night, and at least one of those twisters hit downtown Chicago.

Tornadoes don’t hit the city of Chicago very often, but weather officials have confirmed that an EF-1 tornado impacted the city’s Near West Side and Loop during Monday night’ severe weather outbreak.

Tuesday morning commuters may run into issues as downed trees and power lines from Monday’s storm cause traffic impacts across the Chicago area, from Shorewood to Grant Park.

Tornadoes in the city of Chicago aren’t common, but the National Weather Service says at least two touchdown paths were observed on the city’s South Side after a powerful thunderstorm ripped through the area Sunday night.

Downed trees and powerlines from Sunday’s severe weather has left more than 15,000 ComEd customers without power as of 6 a.m. Monday morning.

The National Weather Service has confirmed at least four tornadoes touched down in Chicago’s western suburbs on Saturday, with straight-line winds also causing significant damage in the area.

A line of showers and thunderstorms spawned at least two tornadoes in Kankakee County on Tuesday afternoon. According to the National Weather Service, the first tornado was confirmed at approximately 1:59 p.m. near Bonfield, a community located 12 miles to the west of Kankakee. A trained weather spotter reported the tornado and snapped a photo, according to NWS officials. There…