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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
453 PM CDT THU JUN 13 2013 /553 PM EDT THU JUN 13 2013/

...SHABBONA ILLINOIS DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS...

* MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING: EF-1

* FATALITIES:  NONE

* INJURIES:    NONE

* BEGIN TIME/LOCATION:  06/12/2013...432 PM CDT
                        2.5 MILES SW OF SHABBONA IL
                        LAT 41.7344  LONG -88.8923

* END TIME/LOCATION:    06/12/2013...437 PM CDT
                        3 MILES SE OF SHABBONA IL
                        LAT 41.7314  LONG -88.8485

* MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED:  95 MPH

* PATH LENGTH:                   2.25 MILES

* MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH:            100 YARDS

* DISCUSSION/DAMAGE:

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PERSONNEL SURVEYED DAMAGE IN EASTERN
LEE...SOUTHERN DE KALB...AND KENDALL COUNTIES OF ILLINOIS. THE
SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT MUCH OF WHAT THEY FOUND WAS STRAIGHT
LINE WIND DAMAGE...BUT ONE AREA SOUTH OF SHABBONA IN SOUTHEAST DE
KALB COUNTY WAS CONFIRMED TO BE A TORNADO.

THE MAXIMUM DAMAGE OCCURRED OVER AN APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE LONG
SEGMENT OF THE PATH WHERE THE TORNADO SNAPPED NUMEROUS UTILITY
POLES AND AROUND 80 PERCENT OF THE LARGE HARDWOOD TREES. ALONG
THE REMAINDER OF THE TORNADO PATH THERE WAS MINOR TREE DAMAGE.
MINOR SHINGLE PEELING WAS SEEN AT ONE LOCATION...BUT FOR THE MOST
PART THE TORNADO DID NOT INTERSECT ANY STRUCTURES.

THIS TORNADO PATH ALSO WAS COINCIDENT WITH A NEARLY MILE-LONG
SWATH OF LARGE HAIL THAT PRODUCED EXTENSIVE SHREDDING AND SMASHING
OF CROPS.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE WIND DAMAGE IN THIS AREA WILL BE
PROVIDED AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. THE DAMAGE WAS SCATTERED AND
CONSISTENT WITH MAINLY 60-80 MPH WINDS. THIS INCLUDED ABOUT A
HALF DOZEN GRAIN BINS DENTED AND NUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWNED.

THIS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION WAS DETERMINED BY A NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING
FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE STORM DATA.

THIS INFORMATION WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED ON OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CHICAGO.

FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES
INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

EF0...WIND SPEEDS  65 TO  85 MPH
EF1...WIND SPEEDS  86 TO 110 MPH
EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH
EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH
EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH
EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH

$$

FRIEDLEIN/CASTRO/LENNING