Bevent, WI Tornado Aftermath, June 7th 2007

Bevent, Wisconsin Tornado and its destruction near Hwy 153 and CTY J around 5pm on June 7th, 2007. (Footage Courtesy of Matt Kaskavitch and Matt Westlund)

While Chicago escaped the worst from a line of thunder storms, Thursday evening 7 June 2007, the Northern Suburbs took most of the punch. Rain totals varied from Villa at 1.38" to Grayslake at 3.60". Most of the damage was downed trees, power lines and flash floods.

Wisconsin was entirely a different story, Where five tornado's touched down. At Bear Paw in Langslade County, Wisconsin, the resort was struck by a tornado rated by NWS as a EF3 with winds estimated between 140 to 165 MPH. It lost 10 buildings with damage estimated at some $200,000.00. As of Friday AM NOAA reported a total of 292 reports of severe weather across the region. There were some minor injuries but no deaths reported in any of the Wisconsin storm reports.

Below is the summary from WCM Chicago Jim Allsopp of the storm damage in the Chicago area.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
1240 PM CDT FRI JUN 08 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
        ..REMARKS..

0700 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG CHICAGO                 41.88N 87.63W
06/07/2007                   COOK               IL   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

        CHICAGO DEPT OF STREETS AND SANITATION REPORTED 884 TREES
        DOWN OR DAMAGED...71 TRAFFIC SIGNALS OUT...45 LIGHT POLES
        DAMAGED...76 DOWNED WIRES TO LIGHT POLES AND LIGHTS.
        OFFICIAL WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ATMIDWAY...OHARE...WAUKEGAN
        AND VALPARAISO. GUST TO 48 MPH AT ROMEOVILLE.

0955 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DIXON                   41.85N 89.48W
06/07/2007                   LEE                IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

        TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES DOWN.

1005 PM     TSTM WND GST     MOUNT MORRIS            42.05N 89.43W
06/07/2007  E60.00 MPH       OGLE               IL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

        TREE LIMBS DOWN.

1020 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BYRON                   42.13N 89.26W
06/07/2007                   OGLE               IL   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

        6 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN.

1100 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DIXON                   41.85N 89.48W
06/07/2007                   LEE                IL   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

        TREES AND LIMBS DOWN.

1140 PM     TSTM WND DMG     KIRKLAND                42.09N 88.85W
06/07/2007                   DE KALB            IL   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

         TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN IN NORTHWEST PART OF DEKALB COUNTY.


1156 PM     TSTM WND GST     WAUKEGAN                42.37N 87.87W
06/07/2007  M52.00 MPH       LAKE               IL   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

         WAUKEGAN AIRPORT.

1200 AM     TSTM WND DMG     CRYSTAL LAKE            42.23N 88.33W
06/08/2007                   MCHENRY            IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

        TREE LIMBS DOWN. ESTIMATED 60 MPH WIND FROM SPOTTER.

1200 AM     HAIL             CRYSTAL LAKE            42.23N 88.33W
06/08/2007  M0.75 INCH       MCHENRY            IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

1214 AM     TSTM WND DMG     WAUCONDA                42.27N 88.14W
06/08/2007                   LAKE               IL   NEWSPAPER

        LARGE TREE DOWN.

1216 AM     TSTM WND DMG     GRAYSLAKE               42.35N 88.04W
06/08/2007                   LAKE               IL   NEWSPAPER

        LARGE TREE FELL ON A HOUSE.

1218 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ROUND LAKE              42.35N 88.11W
06/08/2007                   LAKE               IL   NEWSPAPER

        ROOF TORN OFF LUMBERYARD.

1255 AM     FLOOD            1 W BEACH PARK          42.42N 87.88W
06/08/2007                   LAKE               IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

        2.00 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR WITH 1.46 IN PAST 60 MINUTES.

0100 AM     TSTM WND GST     WAUKEGAN                42.37N 87.87W
06/08/2007  M62.00 MPH       LAKE               IL   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

         WAUKEGAN HARBOR.

0207 AM     FLOOD            MCHENRY                 42.34N 88.29W
06/08/2007                   MCHENRY            IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

        2.5 INCHES OF RAIN FROM 10 PM TO 2AM CDT.

0529 AM     FLASH FLOOD      2 WNW ZION              42.47N 87.88W
06/08/2007                   LAKE               IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

         ILLINOIS ROUTE 173 AND DELANY ROAD ARE CLOSED DUE TO
        LOCAL FLOODING

0702 AM     FLASH FLOOD      3 W ZION                42.46N 87.90W
06/08/2007                   LAKE               IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

         THE WATER OVER ILLINOIS ROUTE 173 AND KILBOURNE IS SLOWLY
        RECEDING


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