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Tornado Warning — Cook, IL — Jul 27, 2026

NWS LOT · ETN 52 · National Weather Service warning
Tornado Warning for Cook — radar, warned-area polygon and storm motion
Radar-indicated position & projected track

Event Summary

The National Weather Service office LOT issued a tornado warning at 17:44 UTC on Jul 27, 2026 covering Cook, IL; Will, IL. The warning was in effect for 14 minutes, ending at Jul 27, 2026 17:58 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 41.54, -87.78, moving southeast at about 51 mph.

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Storm Reports

TimeLocationCounty / StateEFRemarks
1 ENE Hazel Crest Cook, IL EF1° Updates prior report. An NWS storm survey confirmed an EF-1 tornado with peak winds of 110 mph... peak width of 200 yards... and path length of 11.4 miles impacted Coun (LOT)
1 ESE Markham Cook, IL Unrated Concentrated tree and structural damage on the 2300 block of W 167th Street. Within likely tornado path. Time estimated by initial rotation passing over location via ra (LOT)
1 ENE Hazel Crest Cook, IL Unrated Likely portion of tornado path in/near Markham. Concentrated area of tree damage along westbound I-80/I-294 at the Dixie Highway exit directly east and west of the exit (LOT)

Preliminary local storm reports (SPC) within the warned area window — subject to revision after NWS surveys. ° = rating parsed from the NWS damage-survey text quoted in the SPC report narrative (derived, not an official F-scale entry).

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