Storm Pummels Northbrook, Leaving Trees Down And Power Out

Shortly before 9 p.m. Tuesday night, winds swept up, power went out and everything got quiet except for the rumble of thunder.

The that passed through town brought wind speeds up to 81 miles per hour in Wheeling, according to the National Weather Service. In Northbrook, tornado sirens went on at 8:50 p.m., according to the village.

Immediately following the storm, police scanned the streets for downed power lines, tree branches and power outages at intersections. Public works crews cleared streets with front end loaders and set up barricades and flares.

Electricity went out in the center of town during the storm and continued to remain out more than 48 hours after the storm passed. Due to the heavy volume of outages in northern Cook County, .

On Tuesday night, police placed flares at Shermer and Meadow roads, where traffic lights were out. At the intersection of Cherry Lane and Greenbriar Road, a tree had fallen across half of Cherry Lane, pulling power lines with it. While police checked out the damage, so did kids and families, who walked the streets near Cherry Lane with flashlights.

Here's what local tweeters had to say about the storm:

9:57 p.m.
DrLori71: Part of our tree came down and knocked down the old-timey lamp post in front yard. Broken glass but it’s too dark to see to clean it up. 

10:18 p.m.
Tracyaupair: Area by Sanders and Walters seems ok. Power here. No trees down I can see. Crazy husband even went to hockey tonite.

10:20 p.m.
AnnaTarkov: All quiet up here now. A little disappointed not to need the Maglite, I admit. 

10:24 p.m. 
Libbyfh: No power. Trees down in the middle of the road. Yup. We got hit. 

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The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning as of 8:38 p.m. Tuesday, June 21. 

Agency reports that 267,000 customers have lost power in its service area.

The village has closed down the street indefinitely between Meadow and Shermer roads.

The traffic signals at Wagner, Sunset Ridge and Waukegan are out. 

Public Works crews focus on clearing intersections and roadways. 

Photos from Morton Grove, Glenview, Northbrook and Skokie. 

The TV doesn't work, there's no air conditioning and the kids are out of school for the summer.

After Tuesday night's thunderstorm, power remains out in several parts of Northbrook Thursday morning. 

Two days without power? We compiled a list of ways to stay safe. 

A sampling of the most dramatic photos of storm damage in our Patch region. 

Director Chadwick Raymond and other staff members sat outside Thursday to collect books from patrons.

ComEd says Northbrook is one of the areas worst-hit by power outages due to Tuesday's storm.

What did you experience? Let us know at jenniferf@patch.com. And if you've got photos of storm damage, please add them to the gallery at right.