Roof ripped off of Metro Industrial Tire & Supply on North Avenue in Lombard.
Storms hit Addison, Glen Ellyn, Glendale Heights, Lombard, South Elgin, Wheaton, Winfield and more about 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sunday. The storms destroyed many trees and ripped some roofs off of buildings with hurricane-force winds. The roof of Metro Industrial Tire & Supply was ripped off and dropped in the parking lot at the northwest corner of North Avenue and Swift Road.
Du Page Airport reported a maximum gust speed of 75 mph at 12:21 p.m. after maximum gusts ranging from 59 mph to 66 mph between 12:05 p.m. and 12:21 p.m. Sunday in rain and thunderstorm conditions.
O’Hare International Airport reported a maximum wind gust of 61 mph at 12:44 p.m. and 12:51 p.m. Sunday in rain and thunderstorm conditions.
National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center Hail and Wind Reports
[No tornado reports yesterday]
HAIL (Size in inches/Military time CDT)
1218 0.70 ST. CHARLES KANE IL PEA SIZE HAIL
1240 1.50 WHEATON DUPAGE IL
1240 1.00 GLEN ELLYN DUPAGE IL
1245 1.00 BROOKFIELD COOK IL
1245 1.00 GLEN ELLYN DUPAGE IL
1300 1.75 2 E SOUTH CHICAGO IN
GOLF BALL HAIL REPORTED BY TUG BOAT OFF CALUMET HARBOR. (TIME ESTIMATED.)
Reports of 1.00 inch hail that cracked windshields in St. Clair County, Illinois. One-inch hail almost covered the ground in Hayden in Jennings County Indiana.
WIND DAMAGE
1203 GENEVA KANE IL RT 38 AND RT 31. 4
FOOT DIAMETER TREE DOWN
1208 ST. CHARLES KANE IL
TENTS BLOWN DOWN AND SHREDDED AT THE KANE COUNTY FAIR GROUNDS.
1218 CAROL STREAM DUPAGE IL
SHINGLES OFF ROOFS. ROOF OFF WALGREENS.
1220 65 mph ROSELLE DUPAGE IL
DELAYED REPORT. LARGE PINE TREE UPROOTED AND MULTIPLE TREE BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF TREES. SHINGLES OFF
1225 WHEATON DUPAGE IL
COUNTY FARM RD AND RT 38. LINES AND TREES DOWN (LOT)
1225 GLEN ELLYN DUPAGE IL
DELAYED REPORT. IN 500 BLOCK OF FORREST AVENUE. EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE WHICH RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO HOMES. TIME ESTIMATED.
1226 90 mph WINFIELD DUPAGE IL
TREES DOWN AND ROOF DAMAGE (LOT)
1227 GLEN ELLYN DUPAGE IL
6-10 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN. (LOT)
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