Kim Howell Scholten's video: 11 17 13 Heavily Rain-Wrapped EF-2 Tornado Manhattan IL

© Kimberly Howell 2013 ...EF-2 TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR MANHATTAN AND FRANKFORT IL... * EVENT TYPE: EF-2 TORNADO. * INJURIES: NONE. * ESTIMATED BEGIN TIME/LOCATION: 11/17/2013...1242 PM CST 3 MILES SE OF MANHATTAN IL LAT 41.41 LON -87.93 * ESTIMATED END TIME/LOCATION: 11/17/2013...1248 PM CST 2 MILES SSW OF FRANKFORT IL LAT 41.47 LON -87.87 * PATH LENGTH: 5.5 MILES * MAXIMUM ESTIMATED WIND SPEED: 125 MPH * MAXIMUM ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH: 200 YARDS. * DISCUSSION: A SEPARATE TORNADO FORMED FROM THE SAME THUNDERSTORM WHICH PRODUCED THE COAL CITY TORNADO...TOUCHING DOWN SOUTH OF W BRUNS RD AND EAST OF S KANKAKEE ST SOUTHEAST OF MANHATTAN ILLINOIS. THIS SEPARATE TORNADO RAPIDLY INTENSIFIED CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO 5 HOUSES ALONG W BRUNS RD...WITH THIS DAMAGE CAUSING THEM TO BE UNINHABITABLE. NORTH OF THIS HOUSE DAMAGE...4 HIGH TENSION POWER LINE TOWERS WERE BENT. EF-2 DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED AT THIS LOCATION WITH WINDS ESTIMATED AT 125 MPH. DAMAGE TO MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES WERE OBSERVED AS THIS TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST...BEFORE REACHING W DRALLE RD WHERE CONSISTENT STRUCTURE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. DAMAGE TO TWO HOUSES WAS OBSERVED ALONG THIS ROAD WITH DAMAGE ALSO SUSTAINED TO AN ADJACENT BARN TO THE NORTH. A SEPARATE FARM TO THE NORTHEAST ALONG S SCHEER RD HAD ROOF DAMAGE TO THE RESIDENCE...DAMAGE TO A METAL BARN...AND TREE DAMAGE ALL CONSISTENT OF EF-1 INTENSITY. AS THE TORNADO WEAKENED ALONG RT 45...DAMAGE TO ONE METAL STRUCTURE WAS ALSO OBSERVED...BEFORE THIS TORNADO LIFTED JUST SOUTH OF W STEGER RD.