Published July 14, 2023

The National Weather Service confirmed that at least 12 tornadoes touched down in the Chicago area Wednesday, with an additional Chicago-area tornado confirmed on Friday. Additionally, officials confirmed that a 13th tornado also touched down on Wednesday, an EF-0 twister impacting Boone County near Loves Park, just outside the Chicago area. A 12th Chicago-area tornado was confirmed to have touched down near Schaumburg, an EF-0 tornado that carried speeds of 70 miles per hour. According to officials, at least three of Wednesday's tornadoes were EF-1 classified, with wind speeds of over 100 miles per hour. One of those touched down in suburban Elgin, packing max wind speeds of 100 miles per hour. 

The track of the tornado stretched from Route 47 to the railroad tracks to the west of Villa Olivia Golf Course, according to NWS damage assessment teams. A second tornado also touched down in Elgin just to the south of the first one. This tornado had an EF-0 classification with a wind speed of 85 miles per hour. The path of damage, indicative of how long the tornado was on the ground, stretched from McDonald Road and to an area near Hopps Road, officials said. Thursday afternoon, officials were able to confirm that a third tornado touched down in Burr Ridge and moved toward Stickney. This tornado was the most powerful measured so far from this outbreak, with wind speeds in excess of 110 miles per hour.

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