Damage Survey PNS (Max: EF3) from KLOT

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EF-0 ⇒ 1

EF-1 ⇒ 2

EF-3 ⇒ 1

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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Chicago IL
525 PM CDT Tue Mar 24 2026 /625 PM EDT Tue Mar 24 2026/

...NWS Damage Survey for 03/10/2026 Tornado Event - Update #2...

.Update...

This Public Information Statement includes updated findings on 4 
tornadoes that had previously been confirmed and new information 
on 6 additional tornadoes that have been confirmed from the March 
10, 2026 severe weather event after an extensive analysis of video
and drone footage, radar data, and high-resolution satellite 
imagery.


.Overview...

During the afternoon and evening of Tuesday, March 10th, a 
supercell thunderstorm produced a family of tornadoes across the 
Kankakee River Valley. Based on a combination of in-person damage 
surveys, storm spotter videos, radar data, drone footage, and 
high-resolution satellite imagery, NWS Chicago has confirmed a 
total of 10 tornadoes in our area of responsibility. Two 
additional tornadoes occurred in the area of responsibility for 
NWS Northern Indiana, bringing the total produced by the supercell
to 12. 

We would like to thank all of our partners who assisted us with 
our damage surveys, including the Kankakee, Newton, and Jasper 
County EMAs. We would also like to extend our gratitude to all of 
the storm spotters, storm chasers, and members of the public who 
provided photos and videos of the tornadoes and damage that they 
caused for our post-storm analysis.


.Pontiac...

Rating:                 EF0
Estimated Peak Wind:    75 mph
Path Length /statute/:  1.07 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   175 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             03/10/2026
Start Time:             04:49 PM CDT
Start Location:         2 NNE Pontiac / Livingston County / IL
Start Lat/Lon:          40.9019 / -88.6304

End Date:               03/10/2026
End Time:               04:51 PM CDT
End Location:           2 NNE Pontiac / Livingston County / IL
End Lat/Lon:            40.9063 / -88.6129

Survey Summary:
Based on video evidence, a brief tornado occurred just north of
Pontiac. Surveillance video shared by a property owner showed a
clear circulation with multiple sub-vortices on a quarry lake
just west of 1600 East Road, north of old US-66. The tornado was
observed in storm chaser videos crossing old US-66 just south of
North Creek. Damage along the path of the tornado included the
removal of a roof to a boat house and damage to a dock, garage,
and fence. The maximum width of the tornado was estimated from
the aforementioned surveillance and storm chaser videos.


.Cayuga...

Rating:                 EFU
Estimated Peak Wind:    N/A
Path Length /statute/:  0.25 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   10 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             03/10/2026
Start Time:             04:57 PM CDT
Start Location:         5 SSW Odell / Livingston County / IL
Start Lat/Lon:          40.9408 / -88.5665

End Date:               03/10/2026
End Time:               04:58 PM CDT
End Location:           4 SSW Odell / Livingston County / IL
End Lat/Lon:            40.9436 / -88.5634

Survey Summary:
A Livingston County deputy reported a brief tornado near
2200 North Road and old US-66 east of the community of Cayuga.
The time and location of the report was consistent with rotation
indicated by radar. There is no known damage that was caused by
the tornado.


.Kankakee Township...

Rating:                 EFU
Estimated Peak Wind:    N/A
Path Length /statute/:  0.55 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   10 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             03/10/2026
Start Time:             06:18 PM CDT
Start Location:         3 SSW Kankakee / Kankakee County / IL
Start Lat/Lon:          41.0821 / -87.8905

End Date:               03/10/2026
End Time:               06:19 PM CDT
End Location:           2 SSW Kankakee / Kankakee County / IL
End Lat/Lon:            41.0873 / -87.8827

Survey Summary:
Two separate storm chaser videos showed a brief tornado occurring
in a field near Kensington Avenue and S 1000W Road in Kankakee
Township. Swirl patterns identified in a field from Gray Sky
satellite imagery were used to identify the start and end
locations of the tornado. There is no known damage that was
caused by the tornado.


.Otto Township...

Rating:                 EFU
Estimated Peak Wind:    N/A
Path Length /statute/:  0.51 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   60 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             03/10/2026
Start Time:             06:19 PM CDT
Start Location:         4 SSW Kankakee / Kankakee County / IL
Start Lat/Lon:          41.0728 / -87.9063

End Date:               03/10/2026
End Time:               06:20 PM CDT
End Location:           3 SSW Kankakee / Kankakee County / IL
End Lat/Lon:            41.0727 / -87.897

Survey Summary:
Three separate storm chaser videos showed a brief tornado
occurring in a field north of W 3500S Road and east of Illinois
State Route 115. Swirl patterns noted in a field from Gray Sky
satellite imagery were used to identify the start and end
locations of the tornado. There is no known damage that was
caused by the tornado.


.Kankakee - Roselawn...

Rating:                 EF3
Estimated Peak Wind:    160 mph
Path Length /statute/:  35.62 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   1550 yards
Fatalities:             3
Injuries:               11

Start Date:             03/10/2026
Start Time:             06:21 PM CDT
Start Location:         3 SSW Kankakee / Kankakee County / IL
Start Lat/Lon:          41.0779 / -87.8856

End Date:               03/10/2026
End Time:               07:39 PM CDT
End Location:           3 W De Motte / Jasper County / IN
End Lat/Lon:            41.1992 / -87.2562

Survey Summary:
This tornado began just north of W 3000S Road southwest of
Kankakee, IL, about one mile east of State Route 115. The tornado
intensified while traveling east-northeastward into the far
southern section of the city of Kankakee in the vicinity of Route
45, where concentrated higher end EF-1 tree damage and structural
damage was observed. The tornado intensified while moving across E
2500S Road, destroying a two-story home and several metal farm
buildings, consistent with EF-3 caliber wind speeds. Concentrated
extreme tree damage was noted, with numerous large hardwood trees
snapped, stubbed, or uprooted despite lacking leaves, likely due
to extensive debris lofting in the area.

After crossing I-57 and the Kankakee River, the tornado rapidly 
increased in size, producing a swath of significant damage in and 
near northern portions of Aroma Park. In this area, multiple homes
were heavily damaged to an estimated EF-2 intensity. The tornado's 
peak width occurred here and was estimated to be approximately 
1550 yards. Ground survey and aerial imagery suggests that the 
tornado further intensified as it tracked east-southeast before 
crossing the Kankakee River again. Within a narrow 150-200 yard 
wide section along S. Sandbar Road to the northeast of Aroma Park,
three homes were completely destroyed, consistent with EF-3 
caliber winds, and multiple others were heavily damaged and 
rendered uninhabitable. A heavy pickup truck parked in front of 
the garage of one of the destroyed homes was moved over 100 feet 
into a ditch next to the driveway, possibly being spun around the 
remnants of a small tree before reaching the ditch. In addition, 
on the other side of Sandbar Road, a crossover type SUV appeared 
to have been rolled onto the adjacent property and deposited onto 
a pile of debris just north of a heavily damaged residence. Along 
the swath of the most intense structural damage, concentrated 
extreme tree damage was noted, with numerous large hardwood trees 
snapped, stubbed, or uprooted despite lacking leaves, likely owing
to extensive flying debris. Along Sandbar Road and through the 
Kankakee Elks Golf Course, the tornado s width was estimated at 
near 1500 yards. The tornado then continued generally east to 
east-northeast towards the Indiana state line, downing numerous 
additional trees, causing occasional structural damage, and 
flipping irrigation pivots as it moved just north of the 
communities of Wichert and Hopkins Park.

While crossing into Newton County between W 800 N Road and W 900 
N Road near N 650 W Road, the tornado destroyed multiple 
outbuildings and significantly damaged multiple homes. On N 600 W 
Road, multiple homes were completely destroyed with debris blown 
clear of the foundations, consistent with EF-3 caliber winds. 
Nearby forested areas had almost all trees snapped or uprooted 
with some trees remaining standing with only stubs of a few large 
branches remaining, likely due to extensive lifted debris. 
Multiple homes were damaged, and a farm outbuilding was destroyed 
along N 500 W Road and along and near N 400 W Road.

As the tornado crossed US-41 into the south side of Lake Village,
it widened to approximately 1100 yards while damaging the roof 
and canopy of a gas station and a nearby retail building. Further 
north along N 300 W Road, multiple blocks of homes had significant
roof damage and almost all trees were uprooted or snapped. The 
tornado continued eastward into a wooded area near the Lugene 
Links Golf Course, where a continuous corridor of trees was 
entirely uprooted. As the tornado neared W 950 N Road and N 150 W 
Road, a few homes were damaged, and a farm outbuilding was 
completely destroyed. The tornado continued to produce damage to 
trees and outbuildings as it traveled northeastward through mainly
rural portions of northern Newton County and northern portions of
Roselawn.

The tornado crossed into far northwestern Jasper County between W
1100 N Road and W 1200 N Road. Along N 1200 W Road just east of 
I-65, a continuous corridor of trees was entirely uprooted, a few 
outbuildings were damaged, and the roof was removed from a house. 
In the community of Forest City, a continuous corridor of trees 
was uprooted, and a few residences had shingles removed. The 
tornado diminished in intensity as it moved northeast toward N 
1100 W Road, and then dissipated just south of the intersection of
N 1100 W Road and W 1300 N Road.


.Sun River Terrace 1...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    90 mph
Path Length /statute/:  1.31 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   150 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             03/10/2026
Start Time:             06:33 PM CDT
Start Location:         2 SW Sun River Terrace / Kankakee County / IL
Start Lat/Lon:          41.1121 / -87.7651

End Date:               03/10/2026
End Time:               06:38 PM CDT
End Location:           2 NE Aroma Park / Kankakee County / IL
End Lat/Lon:            41.1003 / -87.7676

Survey Summary:
High-resolution satellite imagery, storm chaser video, and radar
data all depicted a generally southward-moving satellite tornado.
Storm chaser video looking southeast from IL-17 captured the
development of the tornado, which initially moved southwestward
for about 30 seconds before becoming obscured by rain. Clear
swirl marks (including several loops) were evident in a field
north of S. Sandbar Road in Gray Sky satellite imagery near the
start of the tornado. As the tornado continued southward, it
uprooted a grove of trees in the vicinity of S. Sandbar Road,
consistent with wind speeds near 90 mph. Sporadic tree damage was
noted in high-resolution satellite imagery south of the Kankakee
River, just to the east of a subdivision on Bittersweet Drive,
before the tornado dissipated.


.Sun River Terrace 2...

Rating:                 EFU
Estimated Peak Wind:    N/A
Path Length /statute/:  0.09 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   20 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             03/10/2026
Start Time:             06:36 PM CDT
Start Location:         1 SSE Sun River Terrace / Kankakee County / IL
Start Lat/Lon:          41.1115 / -87.7313

End Date:               03/10/2026
End Time:               06:37 PM CDT
End Location:           1 SSE Sun River Terrace / Kankakee County / IL
End Lat/Lon:            41.1124 / -87.7301

Survey Summary:
Video shared on social media taken on S 8250E Road approximately
three quarters of a mile south of IL-17 showed a ground
circulation occurring in a field to the west, coincident with a
brief circulation noted in radar imagery. Swirl patterns were
also identified in Gray Sky satellite imagery where the tornado
was observed. There is no known damage that was caused by the
tornado.


.Ganeer Township...

Rating:                 EFU
Estimated Peak Wind:    N/A
Path Length /statute/:  0.15 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   0 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             03/10/2026
Start Time:             06:43 PM CDT
Start Location:         3 ESE Sun River Terrace / Kankakee County / IL
Start Lat/Lon:          41.1085 / -87.6693

End Date:               03/10/2026
End Time:               06:44 PM CDT
End Location:           3 ESE Sun River Terrace / Kankakee County / IL
End Lat/Lon:            41.1106 / -87.6685

Survey Summary:
Video taken from S 13000E Road south of E 1000S Road looking west
showed a brief anticyclonic tornado occurring in a field. Video
time stamp and location matches an area of anticyclonic rotation
seen on radar imagery. There is no known damage that was caused
by the tornado.


.Hopkins Park...

Rating:                 EFU
Estimated Peak Wind:    N/A
Path Length /statute/:  1.76 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   80 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             03/10/2026
Start Time:             06:51 PM CDT
Start Location:         3 N Hopkins Park / Kankakee County / IL
Start Lat/Lon:          41.1178 / -87.6203

End Date:               03/10/2026
End Time:               06:55 PM CDT
End Location:           3 NNW Hopkins Park / Kankakee County / IL
End Lat/Lon:            41.1162 / -87.6222

Survey Summary:
High-resolution satellite imagery depicted swirl marks across
multiple fields in the general vicinity of Baseline, S 13000E,
and N 13500E Roads in a counter-clockwise looping path. Based on
radar imagery and swirl patterns, the tornado appeared to be an
anticyclonic tornado that initially moved north, stalled, and
then turned southward before ending just north of a residence on
S 13000 E Road, less than 300 yards southwest of the start
location. There is no known damage that was caused by the
tornado.


.Wheatfield...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    110 mph
Path Length /statute/:  10.46 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   900 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               3

Start Date:             03/10/2026
Start Time:             07:43 PM CDT
Start Location:         4 SW Wheatfield / Jasper County / IN
Start Lat/Lon:          41.1559 / -87.1182

End Date:               03/10/2026
End Time:               08:06 PM CDT
End Location:           2 WNW San Pierre / Jasper County / IN
End Lat/Lon:            41.2106 / -86.9333

Survey Summary:
This tornado began in Jasper County about 2 miles south of
Stoutsburg along CR W 1000 N, where there was damage noted to a
solar panel field and power poles. The tornado moved east-
northeast, causing damage to a farmstead on CR N 200 W. The most
significant damage from this tornado was noted just south of
Wheatfield on the 0-100 block of CR W 1100 N and on the
1100 block of State Route 49, where numerous homes sustained
considerable damage and numerous trees and power poles were
downed. The tornado continued to damage solar panel fields,
trees, power poles, and farmsteads as it moved toward the Starke
County line, passing through the unincorporated community of
Tefft. The tornado dissipated before reaching Starke County on
the 500 block of CR E 1350 N.

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EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the
following categories:

EF0.....65 to 85 mph
EF1.....86 to 110 mph
EF2.....111 to 135 mph
EF3.....136 to 165 mph
EF4.....166 to 200 mph
EF5.....>200 mph

NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the events and publication in
NWS Storm Data.


$$

NWS Chicago