National Weather Service Confirms Tornado

Governor Pritzker will join local officials today to assess storm damage in Kankakee County.  Severe weather hit the county on Tuesday.  The National Weather Service has confirmed an EF-3 tornado hit Kankakee County on Tuesday night.  The tornado had peak winds near 150 miles-per-hour and was tracked nearly 37-miles beginning five miles west of Aroma Park and dissipating west of De Motte, Indiana.  The weather service says that tornado lasted an hour and 21 minutes.  A hailstone with a diameter of six-inches was measured in Kankakee, which may be considered a new Illinois state record.