One Illinois home was hit twice by the same tornado after it looped back on its own path. 🌪️
On July 27, a tornado near Hazel Crest, Illinois, moved over a house at 16880 Anthony Avenue, then moved north of the town before turning back south and passing over the same house again, according to the track from a NWS (National Weather Service) damage survey. The tornado was rated EF0 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale.
An image of the NWS tornado track overlaid onto Google Maps showed the path crossing near the house on Anthony Avenue twice.
“The tornado reached its peak intensity at [its northern extent],” the NWS continued, “removing the roof of an industrial building on W 167th Street and causing damage to the exterior walls and roof of an apartment complex on 171st Street.”
“After reaching its northernmost point between W 154th Street and W 155th Street,” the NWS said, “the tornado looped back southward, rapidly accelerating as it re-entered Markham and Hazel Crest.”