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2 tornadoes confirmed in Kendall County during Monday night storm

Kendall County assessing storm damage

By Eric Schelkopf and Joey Weslo
Monday night's storms caused tree damage in Oswego, including on Washington Street.

Monday night's storms caused tree damage in Oswego, including on Washington Street. (Eric Schelkopf)

The National Weather Service confirmed Tuesday an EF-1 tornado was in the Oswego/Bristol area Monday night.

An EF-1 tornado has estimated wind speeds of between 86 and 110 miles per hour, according to the National Weather Service. The Kendall County Emergency Management Agency is still accessing the damage from Monday night’s storm that tore through the county.

On Tuesday evening the NWS confirmed an EF-1 that traveled from Yorkville in Kendall County into southern Naperville in Will County.

Tuesday morning, the Kendall County Emergency Management Agency was accessing the damage in the Oswego area.

“So far, we’ve not seen any structural damage, although I understand that Oswego Fire Department has information about two homes that had structural damage,” said Roger Bonuchi, director of the Kendall County EMA “But we don’t know where they are just yet. Most of the damage that we’ve seen has just been trees and power lines down, that sort of thing.”

During the storm, wind speeds were reported being between 80 and 105 miles per hour in a number of places across northern Illinois and into northern Indiana, he said.

Power has been restored throughout most of Kendall County. Currently, 226 people are still without power, according to the website poweroutage.us.

“One of our guys is with the National Weather Service, as we speak, doing damage assessment in Oswego,” he said.

Crews Tuesday morning were repairing traffic lights at the intersection of Plainfield Road and Route 71 in Oswego.

Crews Tuesday morning were repairing traffic lights at the intersection of Plainfield Road and Route 71 in Oswego. (Eric Schelkopf)

It appears that the storm spared other Kendall County communities such as Yorkville and Montgomery.

“We don’t have any reports of those areas being damaged at all,” Bonuchi said..”

The Fox River as it crosses through Hudson Crossing Park is so high now that it is lapping the banks of the park.

“There was so much rain, I’m sure the rivers are going to come up,” Bonuchi said. “I doubt that we’re going to see any flooding, but you never know.”

The Fox River was lapping the banks of Hudson Crossing Park in downtown Oswego Tuesday morning following Monday night's storms.

The Fox River was lapping the banks of Hudson Crossing Park in downtown Oswego Tuesday morning following Monday night's storms. (Eric Schelkopf)

Sandwich Emergency Management Agency Director Tony Eberle reported on the agency’s Facebook page that “we received quite a bit of rain locally and in the surrounding areas. Be aware of any flash flooding or flooded roadways.”

Meanwhile, the heaviest storm winds missed the city of Yorkville. According to the Yorkville Public Works Department, the damage is minimal to nonexistent. No trees are blocking any roads and what few limbs are down, the Yorkville street department is currently clearing.