UPDATE: EF-1 Tornado with 90-to-100-MPH Winds Confirmed in Lake County

Photo caption: Grayslake Patch Facebook follower Janelle Yaeger shared this photo as seen from the Jewel in Round Lake Beach. Yaeger says, “It bobbed up and down for several minutes before touching down.” Photo credit: Janelle Yeager

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The National Weather Service confirmed Monday afternoon that a tornado, categorized as an EF-1, did touch down Sunday night in Lake County. Wind speed was pegged at 90 to 100 miles an hour.

The tornado touched down in Round Lake at 8:35 p.m. and then moved to the center of Grayslake at 8:42 p.m. before heading to the eastern part of the village by 8:45 p.m. The tornado had a path lengthy of 7.5 miles and estimated width of 300 yards, with its widest width in Grayslake. The tornado terminated in Wildwood.

Weather officials spent Monday in the area to assess damage in factoring the rating, length and width, according to the article. An EF-1 rating is the second lowest classification.

Meanwhile, clean-up was under way at Grayslake Central High School following the tornado that caused damage to the school’s roof, windows and athletic fields.

• READ MORE: Clean-Up Under Way at Grayslake Central High School Following Storm

The storm left thousands without power Sunday and Monday morning. As of Monday afternoon, over 1,200 were still without power in Round Lake Park and hundreds were also without power in the area of Wildwood and Gages Lake, according to ComEd’s Outage map.

Damage reports in Grayslake included power lines down in the area of Grayslake Central High School and a small truck that had blown over. A drone video surveying damage in Grayslake showed downed trees and large tree branches on roofs. The Pizza Place restaurant in Round Lake sustained heavy damage. A wall collapsed at a Portillo’s under construction in Gurnee Mills along Ring Road.

• WATCH: Drone Footage of Storm Damage in Grayslake
• Photos from Storm, Damage in Grayslake, Lake County

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