Bureau, La Salle, Putnam counties storm updates: Tree falls on house in Ottawa

The tornado watch was canceled.

10 p.m.

As the wave of storms has passed through La Salle, Bureau and Putnam counties, some power outages are being reported in areas where tree limbs and utility poles were damaged.

A little less than 50 ComEd customers in La Salle County are without power; there are scattered outages for Ameren Illinois customers, including about 135 residents in Granville, about 130 people in the Cedar Point area, about 107 residents in Ottawa/Marseilles and less than a dozen in La Salle-Peru.

The ComEd outage map can be found at https://outagemap.comed.com/; and Ameren outage map at https://outagemap.ameren.com/

9:22 p.m.

A large tree was reported on a house in the 700 block of Guthrie Street in Ottawa. The power pole also snapped, according to reports.

8:50 p.m.

A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for La Salle County to 9:45 p.m.

A line of storms extending from Peru to to near Pekin, moving east at 60 mph was detected.

The storm may contain 70 mph wind gusts. Expect possible tree damage, and potential harm to mobile homes, roofs and outbuildings, according to the National Weather Service.

Locations affected include Ottawa, Streator, Morris, Channahon, Pontiac, Minooka, Peru, La Salle, Braidwood, Coal City, Marseilles, Dwight, Fairbury, Chatsworth, Spring Valley, Oglesby, Diamond, Seneca, Gardner, Gridley, North Utica, Forrest, Flanagan, Wenona and Odell.

8:40 p.m.

8:26 p.m.

Southern Bureau County and Putnam County are expected to see high winds from a storm moving through. Take cover, the National Weather Service said.

8:24 p.m.

A severe thunderstorm warning was issued for northern La Salle County, including Mendota, Earlville, Troy Grove and Sheridan to 9:15 p.m. This storm may contain wind gusts to 70 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.

8:18 p.m.

A tornado warning was issued for Bureau County, including Princeton, Spring Valley and DePue.

8:10 p.m.

A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Bureau County until 9 p.m., for a destructive storm capable of 80 mph winds.

Communities affected are Princeton, Spring Valley and DePue, along with others in that vicinity.

Tornado watch for La Salle, Bureau, Putnam counties

A tornado watch has been issued for virtually all of northern Illinois as well as parts of southern Wisconsin, northwest Indiana and southwest Michigan until 1 a.m. Tuesday.

The Illinois counties under the watch include McHenry, Kane, Will, DuPage, Cook, DeKalb, La Salle, Kendall, Lake, Boone, Livingston, Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee and Grundy.

The watch means conditions are right for a tornado and that some funnel clouds are expected. The line of storms could bring damaging winds of up to 90 mph and potential large-sized hail.