Parts of Ogle County were under a tornado warning late Saturday as strong storms tore through the area. A tornado touched down just north of Oregon.
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OGLE COUNTY — Severe storms traveled through parts of Ogle County late Saturday, specifically through Oregon and Stillman Valley, leaving downed power lines and reports of a tornado outside of Oregon.
According to Illinois Storm Chasers, a supercell storm produced a tornado in Ogle County just north of Oregon and continued northeast and rotation quickly weakened. The storm crossed the warm front into the more stable air mass.
The tornado that struck Ogle County Saturday night appears to have damaged or destroyed 24 structures, according to Ogle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle.
He said that the tornado took a path just east of Weld park, southwest of Stillman Valley, and the path was about 7 miles long.
VanVickle said power lines were damaged along Illinois Route 64, German Church Road, Limerick Road, Holcomb Road and Marrill Road.
The National Weather Service classified this as an EF1 tornado.
No serious injuries were reported.
