National Weather Service survey crews on Wednesday confirmed a fifth tornado that struck the Chicago area during the severe storms that rolled across the region earlier in the week.
An EF-0 struck Wheaton on Monday, NWS said, with peak winds around 75 mph. The survey crews also reported finding straight-line wind damage in the area and extending northwest toward Carol Stream. They also said “widespread, at times significant, straight-line wind damage” was found from eastern Will and southern Cook counties into central Lake County, Indiana — particularly near Beecher, Crete and Chicago Heights.
The Wheaton tornado joins four others that struck the Chicago area on Monday that were confirmed the following day by NWS.
An EF-1 tornado in Lansing, with peak winds around 110 mph that lifted just east of the state line near Munster, Indiana An EF-0 tornado in Glen Ellyn, with peak winds near 80 mph An EF-1 tornado that impacted Country Club Hills, Hazel Crest, Harvey, and Homewood An EF-0 tornado that impacted western and northwest Orland ParkCrews also previously confirmed straight line winds with gusts over 70 mph hit Carol Stream and Downers Grove in DuPage County.
The five twisters bring the preliminary tornado count for the Chicago area this year up to 60, according to NWS. That puts 2026 at the second highest count on record for tornadoes in the Chicago area, just ahead of 58 in 2023 and behind 63 in 2024.
Improved satellite and radar technology over recent years, along with social media videos, has added to more of the weaker tornadoes being detected than in the past, something that could account for a portion of the uptick in tornadoes counted in recent years, according to NBC 5 Meteorologist Kevin Jeanes.
NWS said they do not have additional ground surveys planned but will continue to comb through photos and videos over the next few days, so it’s possible more tornadoes are confirmed from Monday’s storms.
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