22 tornadoes confirmed from March 31 storms across northern Illinois, Indiana
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Twenty-two tornadoes are confirmed to have touched down across northern Illinois and northern Indiana as strong storms swept through the area on March 31.
According to the National Weather Service, 22 tornadoes, including three EF-2 tornadoes and the EF-1 that caused the fatal roof collapse in Belvidere, Illinois, were confirmed. That's tied for the most ever in one calendar day in northern Illinois and northwest Indiana.
The National Weather Service released the following list of locations, including the strength of each tornado on the EF scale:
- EF-U north of Pontiac, IL
- EF-1 near Deer Grove, IL (started in NWS Quad Cities' forecast area)
- EF-1 near Baileyville, IL (started and ended in NWS Quad Cities' forecast area)
- EF-2 near Amboy, IL
- EF-1 from Sublette to West Brooklyn, IL
- EF-1 from Davis Junction to Belvidere, IL
- EF-1 in Rockford, IL
- EF-1 from Machesney Park to Roscoe, IL
- EF-1 from Caledonia, IL to Delavan Lake, WI (ended in NWS Milwaukee's forecast area)
- EF-0 from Montgomery to Aurora, IL
- EF-1 near Wellington, IL (started in NWS Lincoln's forecast area)
- EF-0 in Batavia, IL
- EF-0 in St. Charles, IL
- EF-0 in Joliet, IL
- EF-0 in Plainfield, IL
- EF-1 from Lombard to Addison, IL
- EF-1 near Stockland, IL
- EF-2 near Oxford, IN (ended in NWS Northern Indiana forecast area)
- EF-2 near Fowler, IN
- EF-1 near Remington, IN
- EF-1 in Merrillville, IN
- EF-0 near Shorewood Forest, IN
