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EF0 tornado touched down, destroyed barn in Northern Illinois Tuesday, NWS confirms
CHICAGO (CBS) – An EF0 tornado touched down during severe storms in Northern Illinois Tuesday night and destroyed a barn, the National Weather Service confirmed a day later.
The NWS said the tornado touched down northwest of Capron in Boone County and then crossed into northwest McHenry County.
The tornado was to blame for destroying a barn near Harvard, Illinois, about half a mile south of the Wisconsin state line.
At 2:35 p.m., the Harvard Fire Protection District was called to a livestock barn in the 10800 block of Weidner Road in unincorporated McHenry County outside Harvard – about half a mile south of the Wisconsin state line.
The two-story, 30-foot-by-50-foot barn collapsed. As seen from Chopper 2, the barn’s roof was on the ground, and the rest of the structure was reduced to a heap of broken boards and timbers.
The animals were all living on the lower level. When the barn collapsed, it created a void space on the lower level, which saved most of them, according to the Marengo Fire & Rescue Districts.
Firefighters successfully rescued 24 sheep, 18 goats, one cow, and several chickens and ducks. But four animals did die, and two remained unaccounted for late Tuesday. There were no reports of human injuries.
The NWS said the tornado proceeded into southern Wisconsin.
Another tornado is suspected to have touched down in LaPorte County, Indiana, Tuesday afternoon, but this tornado has not been confirmed.
The same storm system that hit the Chicago area Tuesday afternoon produced significant and destructive tornadoes in Western Michigan.
In Portage, Michigan, south of Kalamazoo, a strip mall housing a barbershop and a Pizza Hut was destroyed. A FedEx facility was also severely damaged, and people were trapped inside at one point, though everyone was safely evacuated, CBS affiliate WWMT-TV reported.
Crews searched the wreckage Wednesday to ensure no one was trapped in the rubble.
Within Kalamazoo, 16 to 20 people were injured after a tornado hit the Pavilion Estates mobile home park. Entire homes were destroyed, WWMT reported.
Kalamazoo County has declared a state of emergency.
A tornado also touched down Tuesday in St. Joseph County, Michigan. The area sustained significant tornado damage in its central, north central, and northeastern sections, WWMT reported. Two non-life-threatening injuries were blamed
CENTRALIA, Ill. – An investigation is underway after multiple people were shot Sunday in Centralia, Illinois, according to a report from WFCN News in southern Illinois.
FOX 2 has confirmed the Illinois State Police is investigating a shooting and taking over the investigation, but ISP could not confirm many further details as of 9 p.m. Sunday.
“The investigation is in its infancy and to protect the integrity of the investigation, no additional details will be released at this time,” ISP said in a statement to FOX 2.
According to WFCN News, the shooting happened around 5 p.m. near the 900 block of East Kell Street in Centralia. Multiple law enforcement agencies have since responded to scene and multiple victims are hospitalized, according to the report.
It’s unclear how many people may have been injured and what led up to the shooting.
Centralia, Illinois is about 70 miles, or just over an hour, east of St. Louis.
This is a developing story. FOX 2 will update as more information becomes available.
The National Weather Service has teams of storm surveryors in the field April 18 investigating several reports of severe storms and tornado touch downs across eastern Iowa, northwest Illinois and northeast Missouri.
According to the weather service’s website, windgusts of up to 60 to 70 mph along with teacup-sized hail and several tornadoes were reported April 17.
Many homes and outbuildings were damaged, trees were uprooted and power lines were downed in Lena, Illinois, where the most significant damage occurred, the site pointed out.
Very strong winds also were reported near Washington, Iowa, and Colmar, Illinois, where several outbuildings and grain bins were destroyed.
The weather service received reports of confirmed and possible tornadoes in the areas of Lena, Pecatonica, Shirland, Rockton, Roscoe and Capron.
The teams will be assessing damage this weekend into next week along with county emergency management teams to determine what types of storms occurred and their paths.
Dozens of power outages were reported, as well.
As of the afternoon of April 18, ComEd was reporting 85 active power outages across northern Illinois, down from 241 on April 17, and 6,751 customers affected, down from more than 18,000.
The bulk of those outages and the most customers impacted are concentrated in Jo Daviess and Stephenson counties.
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