NWS confirms tornadoes in Iroquois County

The National Weather Service has confirmed at least two tornadoes touched down in Iroquois County early Wednesday evening. Members of both the Iroquois and Ford County EMA along with a National Weather Service survey team examined damage left by the storms and determined a hog farm near Loda and an outbuilding near Cissna Park were both damaged by tornadoes. The storm that touched down near Loda was determined to be an EF-1 tornado with winds of around 100-miles an hour, while the one near Cissna Park was found to be an EF-0, with sustained winds of around 65 miles an hour. Iroquois County Emergency Management Agency Coordinator Scott Anderson says an internal investigation showed a communications deficiency led to a several minute delay between a tornado warning being issued by the Weather Service and the sirens going off in the County . Anderson says that issue had been addressed by his office. The Weather Service says a total of five tornadoes struck central Illinois Wednesday evening. There were no reported injuries from any of the storms