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Chicago area sees total of 32 tornadoes from July's derecho, setting new record

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Updated  July 19, 2024 5:01pm CDT
Severe Weather
FOX 32 Chicago

Final count: Here's how many tornadoes touched down in Chicagoland on July 15

On the evening of July 15, a powerful complex of thunderstorms swept through Chicagoland, producing widespread damaging winds and a record-breaking 31 tornadoes.

CHICAGO - The National Weather Service confirmed a total of 32 tornadoes touched down in the Chicago area during mid-July's derecho.

A severe weather system swept through northern Illinois and Indiana from July 14 to July 15. The NWS confirmed the new total on Aug. 8, cementing the new record for tornadoes on a single day or from a single event in the Chicago NWS forecast area.

So far, the NWS has confirmed the following tornadoes:

  • EF-0: Oak Forest 
  • EF-0: Broadview  
  • EF-0: Glen Ellyn to Lombard 
  • EF-0: Villa Park 
  • EF-1: Grant Park 
  • EF-1: Sugar Grove to Aurora 
  • EF-0: Crestwood to Blue Island 
  • EF-1 Flossmoor to Thornton 
  • EF-0: West Town (Chicago) 
  • EF-0: Shelby to Wheatfield Township 
  • EF-0: Peotone (track TBD) 
  • EF-0: Manteno (track TBD) 
  • EF-0: Southern Winnebago County EF-0 (exact track still TBD) Two tornadoes touched down in this area 
  • EF-0: Byron 
  • EF-0: Davis Junction 
  • EF-0: Sugar Grove to North Aurora 
  • EF-1: Yorkville to Naperville 
  • EF-2: Channahon-Manhattan-Frankfort-Matteson 
  • EF-1 Justice 
  • EF-1: Chicago; Near West Side to west side of The Loop 
  • EF-1: Chicago; Chicago Lawn to West Englewood 
  • EF-1: Cedar Lake to Crown Point 
  • EF-1: Minooka-Shorewood-Joliet 
  • EF-0: Monroe Center 
  • EF-Unknown: Maple Park 
  • EF-0: Minonk/Flanagan 
  • EF-0: W Joliet to Lockport 
  • EF-0: Mokena 
  • EF-0: Bensenville to Rosemont 
  • EF-0: Country Club Hills 
  • EF-0: Lowell 

A 44-year-old woman from Cedar Lake, Ind., died following the storms, according to the Lake County Coroner's Office.  

The storms also led to dozens of flight cancelations at O'Hare International Airport and Midway International Airport, thousands of power outages and several reports of storm damage. 

We'll bring more updates to this story as they become available.