Power Outage in Waukegan, IL

A tree limb was blown down onto a power line in the block of 21900 North Harbor Road.

A tree fell on a power line near Taylor Street and Hart Road.

Power lines were blown down on Evergreen Avenue.

Trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down in Lake Villa. One tree fell onto a house in unincorporated Lake Villa causing the homeowner to sustain a minor injury. Another tree fell onto a SUV causing significant damage to the roof and windshield. Trees and power lines were blown down blocking portions of Route 83.

Trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down in Lake Villa. One tree fell onto a house in unincorporated Lake Villa causing the homeowner to sustain a minor injury. Another tree fell onto a SUV causing significant damage to the roof and windshield. Trees and power lines were blown down blocking portions of Route 83.

Trees and power lines were blown down on Ela Road north of Lake Cook Road.

A 1 to 2 foot diameter tree was snapped a few feet above the ground near Woodside Avenue. Trees and power lines were blown down on Grass Lake Road, east of Route 59.

A 1 to 2 foot diameter tree was snapped a few feet above the ground near Woodside Avenue. Trees and power lines were blown down on Grass Lake Road, east of Route 59.

Milwaukee Avenue was closed between Route 22 and Old Half Day Road due do a power line blown down.

A tree limb was blown down onto power lines.

Trees and power lines were blown down blocking roads in North Barrington and Wauconda.

Power line and tree damage was reported near Mohawk Drive and Signal Hill Road.

Power line and tree damage was reported along Olga Road. A utility pole was damaged and trees limbs were down onto power lines that were burning.

Tree limbs were blown down onto power lines in Gurnee. Trees were blown down onto cars in Waukegan. The peak wind gust in Lake County was 51 mph measured at the airport. Other mesonet sites within the county measured peak winds between 43 mph and 50 mph.

Trees and powerlines down in Ingleside area. Tree down across Rt. 59 partially blocking some lanes.

The greatest damage occurred along Hazelwood Drive just south of Hastings Lake where several pine trees were snapped in the middle and many hardwood tree limbs up to 30 feet in length were broken off with power lines down. Scattered structural damage was also reported.

Tree limbs and power lines were blown down in Highland Park. A large tree was uprooted along Sheridan Road. When a back-up generator kicked on at a water plant, it created a pressure surge that blew a fist-sized hole in a water main.

Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down in the Bluff Lake area. Some of the trees fell onto buildings.

Power lines were blown down in Grayslake and Fox Lake.

A wind gust to 61 mph was measured in Gurnee. In Libertyville, a tree was blown down on Ellis Avenue at Winchester Road and a 30 foot tree was blown down onto powerlines near Route 137 and the Des Plaines River. In Waukegan, trees and large branches were blown down near Lewis Avenue. Tree limbs and power lines were blown down across many areas of central Lake County.

A large tree was blown down onto a power line.

One quarter inch of ice accumulation was reported on elevated and untreated surfaces in Fox Lake with downed power lines. Three eighths of an inch of ice accumulation was reported in Wauconda and a half inch of ice accumulation was reported in Waukegan with downed tree limbs.

A large tree was blown down at the corner of Harding Street and Alexander Court. The tree was partially uprooted, lifting a sidewalk. The tree also fell onto power lines.

Trees and power lines were blown down. A 35 foot tall tree, 16 inches in diameter, was uprooted.

Trees and power lines were down.

High winds developed across parts of northern Illinois during the evening of March 10th and continued into the early morning of March 11th. A wind gust of 60 mph was measured at the Waukegan Airport. A utility pole and power lines were blown down one mile southeast of Grayslake and a 30 foot tall, one foot diameter tree was blown down one mile south of Bartlett.

Strong winds developed during the late morning and early afternoon of June 6th and continued through early evening. Wind gusts between 45 and 50 mph were common with a few locations reaching near 60 mph. A gust to 58 mph was measured at the Rochelle Airport. A two foot diameter tree was blown down onto a house in Deerfield in Lake County. A tree was blown down onto a house in Mendota in LaSalle County with minor damage reported. Many tree limbs and power lines were blown down across DeKalb County.

A wake low developed behind a line of thunderstorms that traveled across Iowa and eventually weakened over northern Illinois. This wake low tracked along the Illinois/Wisconsin border through mid to late morning on May 30th and produced sustained winds of 45 to 55 mph for up to a half hour at some locations with gusts reported to 65 mph. These strong winds caused tree damage and power outages, mainly across far northern Illinois. Winds gusted between 45 and 55 mph at Rockford Airport for 15 minutes with a peak gust to 63 mph. A roof was blown off a building at Rockford Airport. A large tree was blown down across Woodland Drive and small tree limbs were blown down near Interstate 90 and Business US-20. In McHenry County, a wind gust to 64 mph was measured in Island Lake. In Woodstock, a tree was blown down on a house near Birch and Julie Streets, a four foot diameter tree was blown along with powerlines and a lightpole was blown down near Route 47 and Route 120. In Marengo, a large tree was blown near Forest Street and Highway 23 and a semi truck was overturned near Route 20 and Interstate 90. A large tree was blown down onto a house along with numerous trees blown down between Garden Prairie Road and Illinois 23, six miles north of Marengo. A 60 foot tall, steel wind mill was blown down in Union. Tree limbs and powerlines were blown down near McHenry. In Lake County, a wind gust to 61 mph was measured in Gurnee. In Libertyville, a tree was blown down on Ellis Avenue at Winchester Road and a 30 foot tree was blown down onto powerlines near Route 137 and the Des Plaines River. In Waukegan, trees and large branches were blown down near Lewis Avenue. Tree limbs and power lines were blown down across many areas of central Lake County.

Freezing rain began during the early morning hours of December 11th and continued into the mid and late morning hours. One quarter inch of ice accumulation was reported in South Beloit. One quarter to one half inch of ice accumulation was reported on trees and power lines in Dixon. Ice was hanging from utility lines and trees were ice covered in Ogle County and in Lake County, one quarter inch of ice accumulation was reported on trees and power lines.

A line of thunderstorms moved into extreme northern Illinois during the late afternoon and early evening of Sept 3rd 2001. Trees were blown down in Fox Lake in Lake county and trees and power lines were blown down in Spring Grove and Crystal Lake in McHenry county. Dime size hail fell in Marengo in McHenry county. A house was struck by lightning and the roof caught fire in Marengo.

Sustained winds of 30 to 40 mph with gusts over 50 mph occurred throughout northern Illinois. Peak gusts reached 59 mph at Waukegan, 58 mph at Rockford, 50 mph at O'hare airport in Chicago, 50 mph at Meigs Field in Chicago, 52 mph at Midway airport in Chicago, 56 mph at Lake Villa, 52 mph in Carpentersville, 54 mph at DuPage Airport in West Chicago, 55 mph at Aurora Airport in Sugar Grove, 53 mph at the NWS office in Romeoville, and 55 mph in Coal City in Will County. Winds damaged tree limbs and power lines throughout the area. As many as 100,000 customers lost power. In Arlington Heights, a snapped power line ignited a gas fire. Power lines dangling over Interstate 294 near Half Day Road, closed the tollway for 3 hours. A shuttle bus stop enclosure at Midway Airport blew over onto 2 parked cars. In Algonquin, a 50 year old woman was killed when a 6 to 10 inch diameter tree limb fell on her car as she was driving on Route 31 around noon. Later in Algonquin, a 5 year old girl was injured when a trampoline blew 25 feet across the yard as she was jumping on it. In Tinley Park a canopy at the convention center collapsed injuring 6 people and damaging a van.