Tammie Souza's Blog

June 7th was a windy, warm, humid day with ripe conditions for severe weather.

We were not dissappointed.

Below is an overview of that evening.

Our news team extends a warm thank you to you the viewers for so many great tips and photos. You helped get the word out.

Also, many thanks to the Will County Department of Emergency Management and Sherrif Paul Kaupas along with Deputy Rando Simeon for the loan of the first aerial video of the Green Garden damage and the overturned trucks on Route 57.

That video was exclusive to FOX news on Saturday night. We were the first to report on much of the damage in Will County.

Now for the storms.:  There were several large super cell storms that produced tornadoes in the Chicago area.

One small and brief tornado near Mundelein in Lake County, Illinois and a larger more destructive tornado that skipped through LaSalle, Grundy, Will and Cook Counties in Illinois plus Lake County in Indiana.

This tornado was reportedly 1/2 mile wide at times and caused damage to both rural and populated areas.

The final damage reports are still filtering in, but it appears Will County and Southern Cook County felt the brunt of it.

I storm chased through the afternoon and evening hours. The tornado was rain wrapped much of the time and several times I saw secondary funnels trying to form.

East Wilmington, Braidwood, University Park, monee, Frankfort, Green Gardens, Richton Park are the main areas of destruction.

Becuase this tornado went through numerous cycles of weakening and re-strengthening it was not on the ground much of the time. It hoved most of the time.

I saw tree limbs, chunks of metal and roof pieces raining down on Hwy 30, I-80, The Tri-State and many side streets. However the damage could have been so much worse had this twister stayed on the ground.

Thankfully there were no deaths or major injuries. Power may be out in some areas for several days because numerous power lines were downed as the storm passed by.

Here's one surprise....little or no hail reported. Many times large hail will be reported in a storm like this. 

If you have any information or a story to share about the tornadoes on June 7th please share it here or upload photos at this web site on the Weather page. You can alsway call our news desk with storm reports or e-mail them to news@foxchicago.com.

As always have a good week. I'm on vacation until June 16th. I'll see you then,

Tammie