Yorkville Police: Downed Power Lines Reported After Morning Storm

The storm that ripped through Yorkville this morning downed power lines at two locations in town and left some residents without power, Yorkville Police Chief Rich Hart said.

Power lines were reported down at Cannonball Trail and Norton Lane, which is north of the Kendall Marketplace shopping center, and on Kennedy Road near Bristol-Kendall Fire Protection District Station Two, 2101 McHugh St.

ComEd had been notified but it was unclear when crews would address the problem, Hart said.

“It just depends on how bad the damage is around us,” Hart said.

The National Weather Service in Romeoville reported that a tree with a diameter of four or five inches had been blown over in Yorkville with estimated winds of 55 mph about 7:45 a.m. In Aurora and Arlington Heights, winds were reported at 70 mph. At the Aurora Municipal Airport in Sugar Grove, winds were reported at 64 mph.

Several power outages had been reported around Kennedy Road, Hart said. ComEd reported as of 8:45 a.m. that more than 10,000 people in the Aurora region, which includes Yorkville, were without power.

In Oswego, police reported that Route 34 between Boulder Hill Pass and Route 71 was closed because of debris in the roadway as of 8:25 a.m. The road was re-opened by 8:50 a.m.

The stoplights at Routes 34 and 30 were also knocked out and the intersection is being controlled by stop signs.