‘Multiple tornadoes in Kane County’: NWS

The National Weather Service Romeoville office confirmed there were “multiple tornadoes in Kane County” on Wednesday evening with reports of touchdowns in Lily Lake and South Elgin.

Meteorologist Brett Borchardt said they have photos and video of one tornado.

“All I can confirm is that there are multiple tornadoes,” Borchardt said.

In the coming days, the weather service will be tracking various reports of the touchdowns and paths of the various tornadoes, Borchardt said.

In a text message, Campton Hills Trustee Timothy Morgan said a tornado touched down at Burlington and Dittman roads, but there was no damage.

Campton Township Road Commissioner Sam Gallucci said a tornado touched down at Bowes and Nestler roads in Elgin and caused damage.

The storm passed through the 9N700 block of Whispering Springs Lane in Elgin on Wednesday evening, uprooting several trees and tossing around one family’s trampoline.

Gina Crawmer and her daughters Keeley and Faith Crawmer said they rushed to the basement of their house on Whispering Springs Lane when the sirens went off. When they came back upstairs, they found trees and branches scattered around the neighborhood and their trampoline had been thrown against their neighbors house.

Eric Goff, another neighbor on Whispering Springs Lane, had a tree uprooted in his front yard, which fell just feet from his front door. Goff said he could see the storm approaching just before it came through his yard.

“It rained hard, then it stopped and turned green, and then I started to see debris flying through the air,” Goff said.

That was when he grabbed his family and went to the basement.

“Before you knew it, it was sunny again,” Goff said. “Thankfully, it looks like everybody is OK. That’s the important part.”

Goff’s home, like several of his neighbors’, sustained minor damage to the roof but was otherwise unharmed.

A portion of the roof was torn off the Northwest Bible Baptist Church in Elgin. The property at 9N889 Nesler Road also saw a great deal of damage to trees and a trailer was thrown around the back parking lot, causing damage to another car in the lot.

The church lost the southmost section of roofing in the storm, and pieces of the roof were left scattered around the property and hanging from trees.

Assistant pastor Joel Szwarga said they were preparing for 7 p.m. Mass, and several church members already had arrived when the tornado came hit about 6:24 p.m.

“I felt just like an immense pressure. It felt like the air got sucked out of the church when it hit.” Szwarga said. “God protected us all.”